constructive

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Synonyms: constrictive, instructive, construction, constructing, obstructive, unconstructive, reconstructive, contractive, constructible, constructure, deconstructive

Antonyms: constrictive, instructive, construction, constructing, obstructive, unconstructive, reconstructive, contractive, constructible, constructure, deconstructive

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Adjective

1. Relating to or causing [[construction]].
2. Carefully considered and meant to be [[helpful]].
3. [[serving|Serving]] a [[useful]] [[purpose]].
4. {{lb|en|legal}} Deemed [[after the fact]] to [[exist]] or to have [[occur]]red, despite the [[formal]] process not having been followed; often when there was no [[intention]] to do so at the time.
5. Not direct or expressed, but inferred. <!--Chambers 1908-->

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