obstructive

Collocations

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(adj.)

VERBS

be | become

ADV

positively | quite

deliberately

The manager's deliberately obstructive behavior prevented the team from finishing the project on time.

Definitions

adj

1

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

1

One who obstructs something.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — preventing movement

clogging
hindering
impeding

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

I wanted to see his report on me, but my manager was being obstructive.

Wiktionary

02

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

Wiktionary

03

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, blocks airflow through the lungs.

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