anticompetitive

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adjective

Acting to hinder or obstruct competition.

UncommonScrabble 24

Meanings

adjectiveanticompetitive (comparative more anticompetitive, superlative most anticompetitive)

comparative more anticompetitive · superlative most anticompetitive

  1. businessActing to hinder or obstruct competition.

    And he sees no evidence of any anticompetitive impact.

    2007 February 24, Steve Lohr, “A Software Maker Goes Up Against Microsoft”, in New York Times

Origin

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 反競爭的 /反竞争的
  • 反競爭的 /反竞争的 (fǎnjìngzhēng de)acting to hinder or obstruct competition
Dutch concurrentiebeperkend
  • concurrentiebeperkendacting to hinder or obstruct competition
Finnish kilpailunvastainen
  • kilpailunvastainenacting to hinder or obstruct competition
French anticoncurrentiel
  • anticoncurrentielacting to hinder or obstruct competition
German regelwidrig, wettbewerbswidrig
  • regelwidrigacting to hinder or obstruct competition
  • wettbewerbswidrigacting to hinder or obstruct competition
Polish antykonkurencyjny
  • antykonkurencyjnyacting to hinder or obstruct competition
Portuguese anticompetitivo
  • anticompetitivoacting to hinder or obstruct competition
Russian антиконкуре́нтный, противоконкуре́нтный
  • антиконкуре́нтный (antikonkuréntnyj)acting to hinder or obstruct competition
  • противоконкуре́нтный (protivokonkuréntnyj)acting to hinder or obstruct competition
Swedish konkurrensbegränsande
  • konkurrensbegränsandeacting to hinder or obstruct competition
Cite this entry
APA

anticompetitive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticompetitive

MLA

“anticompetitive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticompetitive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticompetitive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticompetitive.

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