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obstructiveness

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Tendency to obstruct or oppose; persistent opposition, as to the transaction of business; obstructive conduct or tactics.

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  • noun The characteristic of being obstructive.

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Examples

  • They're located in the lower level, with varying degrees of obstructiveness.

    Redskins invite me to join "The Loud Crowd" 2010

  • Her obstructiveness is deliberate: as pointed out above, she does NOT WANT to seat either delegation YET.

    Wolfson: Even If Florida And Michigan Aren't Seated, An Obama Victory Would Be Legit 2009

  • "This obstructiveness of the department of defence is merely indicative of the concerning trend within the department of defence to flaunt occupational health and safety legislation requirements."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Lechulatebe owed their lives to his clemency; and the latter might have paid dearly for his obstructiveness.

    Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

  • Sharpe, who had been prepared by Blair for every kind of official obstructiveness, dared not believe his good fortune.

    Sharpe's Devil Cornwell, Bernard 1992

  • Sharpe, who had been prepared by Blair for every kind of official obstructiveness, dared not believe his good fortune.

    Sharpe's Devil Cornwell, Bernard 1992

  • Eden had been so enraged by Churchill's procrastination and obstructiveness that he had sometimes come to hate the man he most admired.

    The Next Best Man Cannadine, David 1987

  • Lord CRAWFORD, who has probably forgotten more about Art than some of his critics ever knew, concealed his real sympathy for the motion under a mask of official obstructiveness, but was compelled eventually to give it a strictly provisional acceptance.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 Various

  • Mellersh had had to be mentioned, because of his obstructiveness, but she had carefully kept him from overflowing outside the limits of necessity.

    The Enchanted April 1922

  • He had sallied forth into that tropical jungle of festooned obstructiveness, of intertwisted irresponsibilities, of crouching prejudices, of abuses grown stiff and rigid with antiquity, which for so many years to come was destined to lure reforming ministers to their doom.

    Florence Nightingale: Part III 1918

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