not allowing

Meaning

Not allowing means refusing permission or preventing something from happening. It describes rules or people that forbid actions, access, or use.

Antonyms

enabling letting empowering licensing sanctioning warranting

Examples

A lot of my work has to do with not allowing my characters to have an ego in a way that the stomach doesn't have an ego when it's wanting to throw up. It just does it. Matthew Barney

There's a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough. Alain de Botton

The real hate speech is not allowing free speech. Geert Wilders

I can't imagine God not allowing my dog into heaven. Rick Warren

I am not allowing myself to get carried away. Damon Hill

Many very strong fathers have turned out ineffectual sons by not allowing them to grow as men. John Noble

Words in the phrase

not allowing

Close letter words and terms

not allowable not allowed not allowed to travel abroad not already dead not alter not always