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prohibitive

/prə(ʊ)ˈhɪbɪtɪv/

US pronunciation
American sound/prə(ʊ)ˈhɪbɪtɪv/
prəʊˈhɪbɪtɪv
Syllables
4 syllables
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2nd syllable stress
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Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

prəʊ - ˈhɪbɪtɪv -> prohibitive

Myanmar meaning

(adj)   ပိတ်ပင်ဟန့်တားရာရောက်သော။ ဝယ်ချင်စိတ်ကုန်လောက်အောင်ကြီးမြင့်လှသောဈေးနှုန်း။ ပိတ်ပင်တားမြစ်သော။

Full entry

prohibitive /prǝ'hÇbǝtÇv; US prǝƱ-/ adj

၁။ (က) ပိတ်ပင် ဟန့်တားရာရောက်သော။ a prohibitive tax on imported cars.
(ခ) (ဝယ်ချင်စိတ်ကုန်လောက်အောင်) ကြီးမြင့်လှသော (ဈေးနှုန်း)။ prohibitive costs ❍ The cost of property in the city is prohibitive.
၂။ ပိတ်ပင်တားမြစ်သော။ prohibitive legislation/ regulations.
❏ prohibitively adv လက်လှမ်းမမီနိုင်အောင်။ Private medical care is becoming prohibitively expensive.

More examples
  • The cost of conversion to western technology would be prohibitive.
  • Prohibitive laws
  • Insurance for dangerous sports can be prohibitively expensive.
Synonyms
high-priced, excessive, exorbitant, too expensive, unaffordable, unreasonable, expensive, extortionate, financial means conditional, forbidding, limiting, preposterous, preventing, prohibiting, proscriptive, repressive, restraining, sky-high, steep, suppressive
Antonyms
affordable, cheap, inexpensive, moderate, reasonable, sensible, unlimited, unrestrictive
Cross references
high-pricedexcessiveexorbitanttoo expensiveunaffordableunreasonableexpensiveextortionatefinancial means conditionalforbiddinglimitingpreposterouspreventingprohibitingproscriptiverepressiverestrainingsky-highsteepsuppressiveaffordablecheapinexpensivemoderatereasonablesensibleunlimitedunrestrictive
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