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cost-prohibitive

cost-prohibitive

2 6.8
Too expensive for most people to afford
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɔst prəˈhɪbɪtɪv/
: prohibitivo
  • Concrete, a relatively inexpensive construction material in the U.S., is cost-prohibitive in Europe at this time.

So sometimes these coaching programs can be cost prohibitive.

Examples

  • You wouldn't be able to do that today; it's cost prohibitive.

    Blog text (32)

  • But he urges caution in spending money on experts, whose fees can be cost-prohibitive for all but the largest firms.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Replacement of the entire main was shown to be cost-prohibitive compared to the other methods.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The facilities director worried that such measures would be cost-prohibitive and wanted to focus instead on solid waste disposal.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Such a study would be cost prohibitive and time-consuming.

    Academic text (2013)

  • And I know that therapy is cost prohibitive and most people who need it often can't get access to it.

  • Highly productive cities will have especially valuable land that will gradually become more cost-prohibitive to obtain.

    Blog text (33)

  • A common response to the idea of purchasing safe patient handling equipment is that it is cost-prohibitive and that budget constraints cannot accommodate the investment.

    Academic text (2006)

  • To many, it seemed like a cost-prohibitive project—impossible and unlikely.

    Blog text (5)

  • Building a new community center was considered cost-prohibitive due to the high construction expenses.

Synonyms

expensive
vscost-prohibitive
∞ 1.0

That costs a lot of money

stresses being unaffordable or impractical not just high cost
too expensive
vscost-prohibitive
74 2.0

Costs more money than someone can afford

focuses on unaffordability or impracticality rather than mere high price
prohibitive
vscost-prohibitive
19 7.4

So expensive that people cannot afford it

is unaffordable or impractical rather than only stopping purchase
uneconomical
vscost-prohibitive
1 5.6

Something that wastes a lot of money, time, or energy

relates to high price preventing use or practicality instead

Antonyms

cheap
∞ 1.0

Costing little money compared with similar things

affordable
307 2.1

Not too expensive for most people to buy

How Expensive

cost-prohibitive
2 6.8
expensive
∞ 1.0
affordable
307 2.1
cheap
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

cost-prohibitive positive

Morphology

cost-prohibitive = cost + prohibitive (transparent) = cost + prohibitive

The adjective is a direct compound of the noun 'cost' and the adjective 'prohibitive', producing the straightforward meaning 'so costly as to prevent action'.

Etymology

Cost-prohibitive is made of cost and prohibitive. Prohibitive comes from a word meaning 'to stop' or 'to keep away', like in prohibit and prohibition, so if something is cost-prohibitive the price 'stops' you and it is too expensive to choose.