how to pronounce obstructive

/əbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/

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obstructive is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of obstructive in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …”

meanings of obstructive

adjective:

Causing obstructions.

noun:

One who obstructs something.

obstructive frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word obstructive occurs in english on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics obstructive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that obstructive can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;