prohibited

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prohibited

/pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪd/ UK
/pɹəʊˈhɪbɪtɪd/ UK
/pɹoʊˈhɪbɪtɪd/ Canada, US
[pɹoʊˈhɪbɪɾɪd] Canada, US
/pɹəˈhɪbətɪd/ Canada, US

adjective more prohibited · most prohibited

Forbidden; banned; unallowed. Theater works and religious essays were the most prohibited literary genres
Similar: proscribed, verboten, banned, disallowed, forbidden, impermissible, illegal, illicit, interdicted, nonallowed, nonlicet, prohibited · Opposite: allowed, permitted

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of prohibit

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Closest in meaning: banned, forbidden, impermissible, taboo, tabu, illegal, out, proscribed, disallowed, off-limits, inadmissible, not, no-go, unauthorized, wrongful, illicit

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adj forbidden

Español	prohibido

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@misc{prohibited_2026,
  title = {prohibited},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prohibited},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}