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constructive.

Relating to or causing construction.

12 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/kənˈstɹʌktɪv/
  1. Relating to or causing construction.

  2. Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.

  3. Serving a useful purpose.

  4. Deemed after the fact to exist or to have occurred, despite the formal process not having been followed; often when there was no intention to do so at the time.

    constructive dismissal
    constructive notice
  5. Not direct or expressed, but inferred.

Where this word comes from

From Latin cōnstrūctīvus. By surface analysis, construct + -ive.

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