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unretentive

unretentive adjective: not retentive.

Adjective

unretentive (comparative more unretentive, superlative most unretentive)

  1. Not retentive
    Synonyms:
    forgetful

unretentive meaning in Tamil

unretentive in Tamil

இடத்தில் நிலைத்திராத, நிலையாக இல்லாத

Synonyms of unretentive

Forms of unretentive

comparativemore unretentive
superlativemost unretentive

Origin of unretentive

From un- + retentive.

Questions about unretentive

What does unretentive mean?
Unretentive means not retentive.
What is unretentive in Tamil?
Unretentive in Tamil is இடத்தில் நிலைத்திராத, நிலையாக இல்லாத. See Unretentive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unretentive?
Unretentive is an adjective.

Words near unretentive in the dictionary

  1. unretaliatory
  2. unretardable
  3. unretardant
  4. unretarded
  5. unretarding
  6. unretentive
  7. unreticent
  8. unreticulated
  9. unretinued
  10. unretire
  11. unretired

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unretentive (page history and authors); unretentive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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