Prohibitively

I agree entry costs are high, but I disagree that they will remain prohibitively so for much longer. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But even when I was a struggling Waldenbooks employee making $18,000 a year in prohibitively-expensive Connecticut, every six months or so I set aside a goodly amount on my credit cards to luxuriate. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Police, noted that if every officer involved in an SIU investigation had a different lawyer it would become "prohibitively" expensive. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The researchers pointed out that solutions did not necessarily have to be "prohibitively" expensive. ❋ Creamer Media Reporter (2009)

Trying to get patent protection worldwide at the beginning is prohibitively expensive, so pick your geographies and timing carefully and strategically. ❋ Marty Zwilling (2011)

Antimatter reactors are theoretically feasible but prohibitively expensive, even if they could somehow be made to work. ❋ Randall Amster (2010)

Faced with prohibitively high borrowing costs and unable to return to financial markets, the Greek government is now asking for another €60 billion aid package to cover its needs over the next two years when money from the existing loan deal runs out. ❋ Alkman Granitsas (2011)

I have been told by GMs and owners around the area that pulling out vines and planting new varietals is an expensive endeavor - prohibitively so for some producers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If it is the latter, in all likelihood, people would abandon insurance completely since it would be prohibitively costly, and they can purchase it later when and if they are sick. ❋ Unknown (2009)

First, a caveat: These are by no means cheap wines, but they aren't prohibitively expensive either, sitting in the €12-€20 bracket, which places them as special-occasion wines or something decent to age in the cellar. ❋ Will Lyons (2011)

Return calls or text messages from you to the phone numbers I use while travelling could be prohibitively expensive to me (or to the third parties whose phones I have used). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Better access and increased trade with the far-flung corners of the British Empire brought in gemstones and precious metals that had previously had been rare and prohibitively expensive, such as diamonds from South Africa, opals and gold from Australia and silver from new mines in the U.S. The rise of a new middle class also meant that men could afford to purchase the jewelry that a fashionable woman of the time liked to wear. ❋ Selina Williams (2011)

He may even be required to pay a prohibitively high “minimum bid”—a practice that ultimately engendered a lot of grumbling among certain advertisers. ❋ Steven Levy (2011)

During Prohibition, you were not permitted to have [booze] at any [age]. ❋ Fenderstrat21 (2006)

I did not plan to do something so prohibited in a [rented] cadillac, but sometimes a chance [stumbles] into your life and you just have to [go with it]. ❋ Jen (2004)

Wow [I want that] [Ipad], even if it is [prohibitatively] expensive ❋ Bumperaitken (2011)

Steve : Hey guys lets go to [Bobs] tonight for drinks! John: [No we] can't! [Bob's] Dad got drunk and destroyed the house and his Mom declared a Home Prohibition. ❋ Nhud9 (2013)

John: Hey, why is everyone hiding all the [booze]? Jake: [Prohibition intermission] man, they saw a cop [drive by]. ❋ Bstaff19 (2011)

[Liz]:[Pass the bong]. Tom:What about marijuana prohibition? Liz:[What the fuck is that]? ❋ Liz420666 (2004)

Jerry-- "I couldn't stand college... I considered [a B].S. as labor-prohibitive... I [settled] for a B.A. in [general studies] and was glad to be out in five." ❋ Ohthree11 (2010)

EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE A HUGE FUCKING BONG HIT AND BLOW IT IN THESE [COCKSUCKERS] FACES!!!! POT KILLS NOBODY! [BIG TOBACCO] COMPANIES AND CONGRESS ARE IMMORAL! Pot should be legalized outright! FUCK MEDICAL MARIJUANA! That's a [no brainer]! If people are sick and pot can help them then let them have it and TO FUCKING HELL with what the CONGRESS and BIG TOBACCO KKK FAGS SAY ABOUT IT! Doctors can prescribe morphine for fucks sake! SUCK MY BALLS BITCHES! ❋ Lil Timmy (2004)

I was going to go on holiday to [Italy] this year, but with the rate of [the pound] against the [euro] it would have been prohibitively expensive ❋ Ploppie Db (2010)

Me:*trying to make [a new word]* Me:[submit] [Urban dictionary]:There was 1 error that prohibited this form from being submitted ❋ Baoquan022 (2021)