Obstructive (adjective)

  1. Blocking or impeding the progress or passage of something.
  2. Making it difficult to do something or to achieve a desired outcome.

Origin:

From latin obstructus, from ob- "in the way of" + struere "to build".

Examples:

  1. The obstructive policy made it difficult for businesses to grow.
  2. The obstructive nature of the bureaucracy caused long delays.
  3. The obstructive behavior of the protestors caused the road to be closed.
  4. The obstructive design of the building hindered the flow of traffic.
  5. The obstructive law made it difficult for new technologies to be adopted.
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