Marisa: Existing zoning regulations must be loosened; in some places the restrictions on development are now so prohibitive as to reduce the property values of undeveloped areas significantly. Tyne: I disagree. Though it is true that the recent increase in the stringency of zoning regulations could be seen by developers as merely an activists' ploy to restrict development further, the value of natural, undisturbed areas can only be better preserved by such regulatory protection. Tyne's response to Marisa suggests that Tyne has misinterpreted which one of the following words in Marisa's remarks?
A: prohibitive
B: regulations
C: values
D: significantly
Choose A, B, C or D as your solution.
C