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unsupportive

sup·port·ive
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh-pawr-tiv, -pohr-]
    • /səˈpɔr tɪv, -ˈpoʊr-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh-pawr-tiv, -pohr-]
    • /səˈpɔr tɪv, -ˈpoʊr-/

Definitions of unsupportive word

  • adjective unsupportive giving support. 1
  • adjective unsupportive providing sympathy or encouragement: His family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer. 1
  • adjective unsupportive providing additional help, information, etc.; auxiliary: manufacturers of supportive materials. 1
  • adjective unsupportive Medicine/Medical. helping to maintain a normal physiological balance, as by the intravenous administration of required nutriment. 1
  • adjective unsupportive not supporting. 0
  • adjective unsupportive not assisting. 0
See all 6 definitions of unsupportive

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Origin of unsupportive

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95; support + -ive

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Parts of speech for Unsupportive

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Unsupportive

unsupportive popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 50% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

unsupportive usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for unsupportive

adjective unsupportive

  • disconfirming — Not confirming.
  • dissuading — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
  • invalidating — Present participle of invalidate.
All 3 Synonyms of unsupportive

Antonyms for unsupportive

adj unsupportive

  • coacting — Present participle of coact.
  • coactive — acting together.
  • coefficient — A coefficient is a number that expresses a measurement of a particular quality of a substance or object under specified conditions.
  • collegial — of or relating to a college

adjective unsupportive

All 8 Antonyms of unsupportive

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