obstructive
obstructive
Definition
ob·struc·tive (əb struk′tiv)
adjective
obstructing or tending to obstruct
obstructive
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- become: Immediate feedback is encouraged, however, so that interpersonal friction does not become obstructive in the work of the group.
Preposition: in
- way: They were certainly not intended to be obstructive in any way.
Modifies a noun
- apnea: The most common is ' obstructive apnea ' , which is linked to obesity.
- apnea: Surgical management of obstructive sleep apnea in children with Down syndrome.
- jaundice: Sharon says, " Hannah had pale yellow stools and bright yellow urine - classic symptoms of obstructive jaundice.
- cardiomyopathy: Five years ago, Julian Wort collapsed and died, aged 28, from hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
- uropathy: These events were thought to be indicative of an episode of acute on chronic renal failure secondary to a period of obstructive uropathy.
- disease: Up to 6,000 deaths a year from chronic obstructive lung diseases may be related to work.
Modifying Another Word
- deliberately: Dissent can be deliberately obstructive, aimed at holding back the process of decision-making.
- particularly: They are of little help to expat borrowers and are particularly obstructive to existing borrowers looking to extend their terms, or borrowing levels.
- very: The Community Health Services Joint Committee has been made aware of anecdotal cases but also evidence where employing trusts have been very obstructive.
- not: Those held in this type of facility are usually compliant and not obstructive to the way the regime operates.
- even: However, the support we receive from the union tops is passive or even obstructive.
- sometimes: The approach of the building inspector was highly critical and sometimes obstructive.
Used with adjective complement
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