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circumventive

circumventive adjective: evading or overcoming some protective measure.

Adjective

circumventive (comparative more circumventive, superlative most circumventive)

  1. evading or overcoming some protective measure.
    • A circumventive unauthorised user was accessing secure information.

Forms of circumventive

comparativemore circumventive
superlativemost circumventive

Origin of circumventive

From circumvent + -ive.

Words formed from circumventive

Questions about circumventive

What does circumventive mean?
Circumventive means evading or overcoming some protective measure.
What part of speech is circumventive?
Circumventive is an adjective.

Words near circumventive in the dictionary

  1. circumventing
  2. circumventingly
  3. circumvention
  4. circumventional
  5. circumventions
  6. circumventive
  7. circumventively
  8. circumventor
  9. circumventors
  10. circumventricular
  11. circumvents

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