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Synonyms for obstructive
ob·struc·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructiveadjective
preventing movement
"the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street"
Synonyms:
clogging, impeding, hinderingAntonyms:
permissive
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "obstructive":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#18633 | obstruction | |
#29689 | obstructive | |
#45592 | clogging | |
#52310 | hindering | |
#58140 | impeding |
How to use obstructive in a sentence?
Every week a lung cancer patient walks in; earlier we would get one in three months, problems from air pollution are on the rise and leading to multiple diseases such as bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia.
The naturists' way of life of is to be naked. Culture is part of our daily life, and this is a special opportunity, today, the mentality is changing. Naturists ... are pushing past barriers, taboos or mentalities that were obstructive.
Apart from whether the acts were obstructive, this evidence of non-corrupt motives weights heavily against any allegation that the president had a corrupt intent to obstruct the investigation.
Guyanese President David Granger:
Venezuela, therefore, must desist from hindering our economic development in an obtrusive and obstructive manner that is tantamount to interference in our internal affairs.
Women with obstructive sleep apnea often get underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed because they may not present with the classic symptoms that we see when we’re evaluating men, maybe we need to ask different questions or look at different parameters, or is there something we’re missing here?
Translations for obstructive
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- obstructiuCatalan, Valencian
- ostruttivoItalian
- obstructiuOccitan
- obstrutivoPortuguese
- 阻碍Chinese
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