constructive.
Relating to or causing construction.
Meaning & usage
Relating to or causing construction.
Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
Serving a useful purpose.
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
Not direct or expressed, but inferred.
Where this word comes from
From Latin cōnstrūctīvus. By surface analysis, construct + -ive.
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