<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something: We will discuss some of the discriminatory, prohibitive legislation that was undone by the Civil Rights Act.</li><li>Sufficing to prevent the use, purchase, etc., of something: prohibitive prices.</li><li>Having so great a likelihood of success that others vying for the same thing are essentially prevented from succeeding: Political analysts are largely in agreement over who the party’s prohibitive nominee is.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>