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unconducive

unconducive adjective: not likely to produce or support some desired outcome.

Adjective

unconducive (comparative more unconducive, superlative most unconducive)

  1. Not likely to produce or support some desired outcome.
    • [A]nd anyone who knows the stimulating effect of that beverage is aware that it could not fail to be unconducive to order.1898 April 19, “Soft Drinks in Black Bottles”, in Daily Mail and Empire, Canada, retrieved 20 Aug 2010, page 2
    • About John Marin, there move sad, disgruntled beings, full of talk and lamentations. […] They bewail the fact that in America, soil is poor and unconducive to growth, and men remain unmoved by growing green. But Marin persists, and what ebullience and good humour, in the rocky ungentle loam?1922 April, Paul Rosenfeld, “The Water-Colours of John Marin: A Note on the Work of the First American Painter of the Day”, in John Peale Bishop, editor, Vanity Fair, volume 18, number 2, New York...

Examples of unconducive in a sentence

  • Harlem is such a place as is full of tension unconducive to the best interest of education.1964 October 28, Robert C. Ruark, “Stupid Commerce in Busing School Kids”, in Spartanburg Herald, USA, retrieved 20 Aug 2010, page 4:
  • "Because of the unconducive market conditions, we will delay the dollar bond plan."2008 June 11, “Indonesia's Truba Alam delays dollar bond sale”, in reuters.com, UK, retrieved 20 Aug 2010:

Synonyms of unconducive

Forms of unconducive

comparativemore unconducive
superlativemost unconducive

Origin of unconducive

From un- + conducive.

Words formed from unconducive

Questions about unconducive

What does unconducive mean?
Unconducive means not likely to produce or support some desired outcome.
How do you use unconducive in a sentence?
Harlem is such a place as is full of tension unconducive to the best interest of education.
What part of speech is unconducive?
Unconducive is an adjective.

Words near unconducive in the dictionary

  1. unconditions
  2. uncondoled
  3. uncondomed
  4. uncondoned
  5. unconducing
  6. unconducive
  7. unconduciveness
  8. unconducted
  9. unconductive
  10. unconess
  11. unconfected

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