Pronunciations (3)
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/əbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/əbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/ɑbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Adjective
Causing obstructions.
- Examples
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I wanted to see his report on me, but my manager was being obstructive.
More examples (1)
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
One who obstructs something.
Adjective
preventing movement
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the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street