prohibitively
Example Sentences
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However for most, heat pumps are prohibitively expensive to install.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Americans now spend tens of billions of dollars a year on their animals, and in a country where raising children has become prohibitively expensive, many people lavish their pets instead.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
While small numbers of private taxis and buses continue to serve other cities, they are prohibitively expensive -- up to 200 times the price of the state alternative.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Stateside IVF was prohibitively expensive, so we underwent treatment in the Czech Republic for under $7,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
This sounds reasonable, but in most cases it’s simply impossible or, what amounts to the same thing, prohibitively expensive.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
