inhibitive
- adjective
- /ɪnˈhɪbɪtɪv/
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inhibidor
- Strict regulations are often seen as inhibitive for small businesses looking to grow.
Examples
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The base coat was a rust-inhibitive catalyzed epoxy that featured a variable recoat window.
Academic text (1997) -
Toward this end, we drew on two waves of nationally representative data to examine the extent to which adolescents' positive and negative (or inhibitive) attitudes and beliefs about sexual intercourse account for the effects of religiosity on coital debut.
Academic text (2003) -
The long waiting time was inhibitive to our ability to complete the project on schedule.
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High costs can be inhibitive for low-income families when trying to access quality healthcare.
Synonyms
6
6.2
Making movement or progress difficult by blocking the way
6
7.0
Able to stop or reduce something unwanted
3
7.6
Causing an action to stop or slow down
1
7.1
Making people or groups have less freedom to grow
1
8.7
Making someone less likely to do something by showing bad results
1
7.2
Causing genes to be turned off so they do not make proteins
Making movement or progress slower and more difficult
Causing delay or blocking progress
Antonyms
How Inhibitive
6
6.2
57
3.8
3
7.6
218
3.6
73
1.9
- Jargon
14
4.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inhibitive comes from Latin parts in- and habere which mean 'to hold', so the original idea is 'to hold in' or keep something back. So, something inhibitive stops, restrains, or slows an action by 'holding it back'.