Meaning of OBSTRUCTIVE
| Pronunciation: | | ub'struktiv
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| | Definition: | | [adj] preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street" |
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| | Synonyms: | | clogging, hindering, impeding, preventative, preventive |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ob*struct"ive\, a. [Cf.F. obstrictif.]
Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing
impediment. -- {Ob*struct"ive*ly}, adv.
\Ob*struct"ive\, n.
An obstructive person or thing.
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| | Related Terms: | | choking, complaining, constrictive, contrary, counterproductive, crosswise, disputatious, disputing, dissentient, dissenting, fractious, hindering, hindersome, in the way, inhibiting, inhibitive, interrupting, interruptive, noncooperative, objecting, obstructing, obstruent, occlusive, on the barricades, proof against, protesting, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, repellent, repressive, resistant, resisting, resistive, restrictive, retardant, retardative, stifling, strangling, suppressive, troublesome, uncooperative, unsubmissive, unyielding, up in arms, withstanding |
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