OBSTRUCTIVE

clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructive

(adjective) preventing movement; “the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

obstructive (comparative more obstructive, superlative most obstructive)

Causing obstructions.

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

Noun

obstructive (plural obstructives)

One who obstructs something.

Source: Wiktionary


Ob*struct"ive, a. Etym: [Cf.F. obstrictif.]

Definition: Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment.

– Ob*struct"ive*ly, adv.

Ob*struct"ive, n.

Definition: An obstructive person or thing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

2 July 2025

RESTITUTION

(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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