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prohibitive

 
/prəʊˈhɪbətɪv/ adjective

Translation

If the cost of something is prohibitive, it is too expensive for many people.
aşırı, fahiş, çok yüksek, yanına yaklaşılmaz
The cost of flying first class is prohibitive for most people.1424
prohibitively adverb
yüksek maliyetli
prohibitively expensive
(Definition of prohibitive adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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