prohibitive
GRAMMATICAL MOOD THAT EXPRESSES A COMMAND OR REQUEST
Imperative sentence; Immediate imperative mood; Prohibitive mood; Let's; Let us; Imperative verb; Imperative (grammar); Imper.; Prohibitive; Imperative mode; Imperative form; Vetative; Command (linguistics)
If the cost of something is prohibitive, it is so high that many people cannot afford it. (FORMAL)
The cost of private treatment can be prohibitive.
ADJ
• prohibitively
Meat and butter were prohibitively expensive.
ADV: ADV adj