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nonsupportive

nonsupportive adjective: not supportive.

Adjective

nonsupportive (not comparable)

  1. Not supportive
    • However, viral infection is limited by the quiescence of most circulating T cells, which is nonsupportive of viral replication.2001 August 24, Yuntao Wu, Jon W. Marsh, “Selective Transcription and Modulation of Resting T Cell Activity by Preintegrated HIV DNA”, in Science, volume 293, number 5534, →DOI, pages 1503–1506
    • He saw joint custody as a way of countering the stereotype that labels the father as moneymaker and the mother as nurturer, and by the same token considers a noncustodial mother as much a failure as a nonsupportive father.1990 February 23, Robert McClory, “The Rights of Men”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of nonsupportive

From non- + supportive.

Questions about nonsupportive

What does nonsupportive mean?
Nonsupportive means not supportive.
What part of speech is nonsupportive?
Nonsupportive is an adjective.

Words near nonsupportive in the dictionary

  1. nonsupport
  2. nonsupported
  3. nonsupporter
  4. nonsupporters
  5. nonsupporting
  6. nonsupportive
  7. nonsupports
  8. nonsuppositional
  9. nonsuppressed
  10. nonsuppressibility
  11. nonsuppressible

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