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retardative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-tarda-tive
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That retards; delaying, impeditive.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From (the participle stem of) Latin retardāre + -ive.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more retardative (comparative) most retardative (superlative)

Synonyms

retardatory

Questions

What does retardative mean?
That retards; delaying, impeditive.
Where does retardative come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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