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attenuative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
at-ten-u-a-tive
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to attenuate or lessen the force of something.

adj

Of a yeast, capable of high attenuation, able to convert a high proportion of sugar to alcohol.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From attenuate + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more attenuative (comparative) most attenuative (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonattenuative

Synonyms

minorative

Questions

What does attenuative mean?
Tending to attenuate or lessen the force of something.
Where does attenuative come from?
From attenuate + -ive.

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