obstructiveness
noun[U]
disapprovinguk/əbˈstrʌk.tɪv.nəs/us/əbˈstrʌk.tɪv.nəs/thequalityoftryingtostopsomeone from doing something bycausingproblemsfor them:
Shemettheusualobstructivenesswheneversheaskedfor anything.
The obstructiveness of some of thestaffmakesshoppingthereunpleasant.
See
obstructive
- They cannotallowthe obstructiveness oftheircolleaguestothreatentheproject.
- Hewroteaformalletterofcomplaintaboutcivilserviceobstructiveness.
- Gordoncarriedobstructiveness to thepointofinsolence.
Unhelpful and Uncooperative
- awkward
- awkwardly
- awkwardness
- deterrent
- foot
- hang
- non-constructive
- obstructionism
- obstructionist
- obstructive
- obstructively
- stifling
- stiflingly
- stultifying
- stultifyingly
- unaccommodating
- uncongenial
- underyourfeetidiom
- unforthcoming
- unhelpful