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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obstructive/əbˈstrʌktɪv/

▶adjective

1 causing an obstruction.

2 causing deliberate difficulties and delays: a culture of obstructive bureaucracy.

– derivatives
obstructively adverb,
obstructiveness noun.

'obstructive' also found in these Oxford entries:

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