as in uneconomical
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Recent Examples of prohibitive
Small businesses can conduct international commerce without prohibitive banking fees.
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Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Batteries make any home more independent from the grid, but here’s the catch: The cost can be prohibitive.
—Andrew Carpenter, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
Even if those calculations favor a heat pump, the upfront cost of switching can be prohibitive.
—Rachel Nuwer, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The expense of leasing property before completing the time-consuming process of obtaining a license could be prohibitive, Lowery said.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
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Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Batteries make any home more independent from the grid, but here’s the catch: The cost can be prohibitive.
—Andrew Carpenter, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
Even if those calculations favor a heat pump, the upfront cost of switching can be prohibitive.
—Rachel Nuwer, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The expense of leasing property before completing the time-consuming process of obtaining a license could be prohibitive, Lowery said.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prohibitive
Adjective
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So, barring any consideration from the president, Apple will be forced to eat the exorbitant costs of higher tariffs or raise iPhone prices, which could soften demand even further.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
11 Apr. 2025
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Despite popular narrative suggesting that Millennials and Gen Z face unprecedented economic headwinds due to the exorbitant costs of housing today, bitcoin presents an opportunity that arguably exceeds what Baby Boomers experienced with real estate.—
Edan Yago,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Add in at least $20 million to the athletics compensation pool via direct payments coming in the wake of the House settlement — the majority of which is ticketed for football at most P4 schools — and getting above $30 million isn’t unreasonable for a program like Ohio State or Texas.—
Sam Khan Jr.,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Now, at full boil, travelers are increasingly complaining about an unreasonable lack of legroom and other basic comforts.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
1 May 2025
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But many analysts say what’s happening here undermines an increasingly popular narrative that clean energy is unaffordable, unwanted and can only succeed with large-scale government subsidies.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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China's tariffs would have more than doubled the price of U.S.-made aircraft and parts, making the cost unaffordable, Bloomberg reported.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2025
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Critics dismissed it as expensive and unnecessary, arguing that students could read a guide or browse online forums for free.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Mandatory spending—like those entitlement programs—is much more expensive than discretionary spending.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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No one is still drilling uneconomic wells just to hold onto leases.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The results have been a large increase in energy costs for households and industry, driven by levies to subsidise uneconomic generation, and rising volatility in electricity markets accompanied by a higher risk of power outages in future.—
Gordon Hughes,
National Review,
13 May 2024
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Why Has Back-Office Automation Been So Hard? Back-office functions like accounting, HR, sales ops, compliance and data management have historically been labor-intensive and error-prone, difficult to scale, costly to maintain and built on disconnected legacy systems.—
Sudhir Menon,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article 3 min A prank carried out by the son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich has proven to be a costly one.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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In some older buildings, condo owners are being asked to pay steep special assessments that threaten to force some people out of their homes.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
3 May 2025
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health would all face steep reductions.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
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According to scientists at the University of Nottingham, however, such substances can be pricey, not very effective, and/or not sufficiently durable.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
23 Apr. 2025
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This unique-to-CEF measure tells us when a fund is cheap or pricey.—
Michael Foster,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Prohibitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibitive. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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