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What is the adjective for obstructive?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb obstruct which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

obstructionist
  1. Pertaining to obstructionism.
  2. Obstructionistic.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. delay, delaying, filibustering, stalling, timewasting, hindering, obstructive, blocking, spoiling
  4. Examples:
      5. “The obstructionist tactics employed by the opposing party resulted in a significant delay in passing the crucial legislation.”
obstructionistic
  1. Relating to, or supporting, obstructionism.
obstruent
  1. Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. obstructing, in the way, hindering, under one's feet
obstructive
  1. Causing obstructions.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. unaccommodating, disobliging, contrary, awkward, unhelpful, difficult, uncooperative, delaying, stalling, perverse, thrawn, bolshie, hindering, obstreperous, inhibiting, balky, contrarious, disruptive, froward, blocking, restrictive, unconstructive, bloody-minded, unsupportive, unwilling, unresponsive, noncooperative, noncooperating, not cooperative, not helpful, spoiling, filibustering, unreasonable, obstinate, inflexible, unyielding, stubborn, unamenable, troublesome, unbending, recalcitrant, cussed, truculent, stroppy, tiresome, inconsiderate, willful, unadaptable, wilful, disobedient … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The politician's obstructive behavior during the negotiation process led to endless delays and frustrations.”
obstructed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of obstruct
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blocked, clogged, choked, dammed, occluded, plugged, stuffed, jammed, congested, closed, clotted, barred, stoppered, barricaded, obturated, cumbered, hedged, stopped up, clogged up, blocked up, bunged up, plugged up, gummed up, dammed up, shut off, cut off, gunged up, got in the way of, gotten in the way of, stood in the way of, filled, bunged, stopped, sealed, packed, filled up, corked, shut, blocked off, impeded, closed off, caulked, silted up, hindered, blockaded, halted, stoppled, sealed off, closed out, shut up … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Laparotomy confirmed an obstructed diaphragmatic hernia with perforation of the transverse colon into the left hemithorax cavity.”
obstructing
  1. present participle of obstruct
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blocking, clogging, choking, damming, occluding, plugging, stuffing, jamming, congesting, closing, clotting, barring, stoppering, barricading, obturating, cumbering, hedging, stopping up, clogging up, blocking up, bunging up, plugging up, gumming up, damming up, shutting off, cutting off, gunging up, getting in the way of, standing in the way of, filling, bunging, stopping, sealing, filling up, packing, corking, blocking off, impeding, closing off, silting up, shutting, hindering, blockading, halting, caulking, stoppling, sealing off, closing out, sealing up, closing up … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Your insecurity is an obstructing factor in your ability to thrive and succeed.”
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