Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inconducive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-con-ducive
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not likely to produce or support some desired outcome.

Example Sentences

"Whole families are often obliged to live in one—or two—room apartments, inconducive either to good morals or good health."
"The dinner conversation was becoming inconducive to smooth digestion."
"But the sheer size of the company's programming workforce, and the number, heft and widespread popularity of its products, conspire to create an environment that can be inconducive to efficient coding."

Etymology

From in- + conducive.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in

Inflected Forms

more inconducive (comparative) most inconducive (superlative)

Synonyms

unconducive

Questions

What does inconducive mean?: Not likely to produce or support some desired outcome.
Where does inconducive come from?: From in- + conducive.

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