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impermissive

impermissive adjective: not permissive.

Adjective

impermissive (comparative more impermissive, superlative most impermissive)

  1. Not permissive.

Forms of impermissive

comparativemore impermissive
superlativemost impermissive

Origin of impermissive

From im- + permissive.

Words formed from impermissive

Questions about impermissive

What does impermissive mean?
Impermissive means not permissive.
What part of speech is impermissive?
Impermissive is an adjective.

Words near impermissive in the dictionary

  1. impermeators
  2. impermissibilities
  3. impermissibility
  4. impermissible
  5. impermissibly
  6. impermissive
  7. impermissively
  8. impermissiveness
  9. impermutable
  10. impers
  11. impers.

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