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
The Utilitarians saw in the dogged obstructiveness of Eldon and his like the one great obstacle to reform.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill by Sir Leslie Stephen
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
Two valuable days, however, had been lost by their obstructiveness.
From By Canoe and Dog-Train by Egerton Ryerson Young
