Prohibitive

Pronunciation

Origin

prohibit + -ive

Full definition of prohibitive

Adjective

1. Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning.
2. Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now.

Noun

1. (linguistics) negative imperative