adjective as in strong fondness

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inhibitive, deadening, stultifying

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Example:The heavy regulations were inhibitive to small businesses hoping to expand their operations.

Definition:Tending to inhibit, repress, or retard; counteracting the action of.

From inhibitive

Example:The monotonous noise of the machinery had a deadening effect on his workday.

Definition:Causing insensibility (as to sensation, feeling, or emotion) or causing unconsciousness.

From deadening

Example:Reading tedious reports day in and day out was stultifying to his creative mind.

Definition:Making or tending to make dull, stupid, or unprofitable; counterproductive.

From stultifying