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subprotective

subprotective adjective: insufficient to provide protection.

Adjective

subprotective (not comparable)

  1. Insufficient to provide protection

Origin of subprotective

From sub- + protective.

Questions about subprotective

What does subprotective mean?
Subprotective means insufficient to provide protection.
What part of speech is subprotective?
Subprotective is an adjective.

Words near subprotective in the dictionary

  1. subproposals
  2. subproposition
  3. subpropositions
  4. subprops
  5. subprosthetic
  6. subprotective
  7. subproteome
  8. subproteomes
  9. subproteomic
  10. subprotocol
  11. subprotocols

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