obstructiveness
Example Sentences
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The shutdown and eventual nationalisation of Orano's operations have been surrounded by mutual recrimination, with the government and the company accusing each other of obstructiveness.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
Never has a collegiate women’s player possessed the combination of Griner’s size, mobility, soft shooting touch, effortless dunking and elegant obstructiveness, which allows her to block shots while hardly ever drifting into foul trouble.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2012
I made every allowance for the passive obstructiveness of the authorities; it was perfectly natural under the circumstances of a sudden reform that affected materially the interests of the entire population, both high and low.
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
They represented the conservatism which sought to distinguish itself from mere obstructiveness.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill by Sir Leslie Stephen
Several critics of democracy have accused it not only of rash iconoclasm, but of obstinate conservatism and obstructiveness.
From Outspoken Essays by William Ralph Inge
