obstructive

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Pronunciation

/əbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/

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/əbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/ · /ɑbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/

Definition of obstructive

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

Causing obstructions.

“I wanted to see his report on me, but my manager was being obstructive.”
“The obstructive tendency attributed to the knot in spiritual matters appears in a Swiss superstition that if, in sewing a corpse into its shroud, you make a knot on the thread, it will hinder the soul of the deceased on its passage to eternity.”

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adj

Causing obstructions.

“I wanted to see his report on me, but my manager was being obstructive.”
“The obstructive tendency attributed to the knot in spiritual matters appears in a Swiss superstition that if, in sewing a corpse into its shroud, you make a knot on the thread, it will hinder the soul of the deceased on its passage to eternity.”

noun

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From obstruct + -ive.

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