preclusion

Examples of precluded

precluded

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

However, the great length of the outer enclosures and the many causeways that crossed them surely precluded their use for defence against determined enemies.
This possibility was precluded by the reassertion of these principles updated in the form of the police power.
However, the effects of other specific co-morbidity patterns remained unclear, because too few cases precluded meaningful analysis.
The extensive use of absorbing barriers was precluded by the nature of the experiment and resulted in rather long settling times for the basin.
Unfortunately, several factors in this case precluded a more fruitful intervention at the late stage when we were consulted.
Physical motion is precluded here, and there do not seem to be any connotations of intensity or negative attitude (see note 11).
The enormous task of analysing a newspaper's content in such detail precluded a larger sample.
The "not valid" designation applies to regions of the distribution where low scores precluded meaningful interpretation.
The aphoristic nature of most of the tracks, however, precluded much depth in exploring this duality.
Three-domain combinations represented the final step in the analyses because the small number of cases exhibiting the high problem trajectory precluded testing four-domain combinations.
Highly segmented land markets have precluded a more efficient reallocation of resources.
The current sample sizes precluded our ability to examine issues related to ethnicity.
Merchants lamented that underpopulation precluded genuine development of abundant resources, leaving the colonies with ' treasures that we cannot cultivate due to the absence of labour'.
Companies stifled adventuring traders, suppressed free trade, precluded training mariners, brought superfluous commodities into the realm, and caused inflation.
Rather, magma accumulated sequentially at a rate and temperature that precluded complete cooling or complete melting.
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