Obstructive
(adjective)
- Blocking or impeding the progress or passage of something.
- 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:
- The obstructive policy made it difficult for businesses to grow.
- The obstructive nature of the bureaucracy caused long delays.
- The obstructive behavior of the protestors caused the road to be closed.
- The obstructive design of the building hindered the flow of traffic.
- The obstructive law made it difficult for new technologies to be adopted.