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Meaning of "unretentive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNRETENTIVE

unretentive  [ˌʌnrɪˈtentɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNRETENTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unretentive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNRETENTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unretentive in the English dictionary

The definition of unretentive in the dictionary is lacking the ability to retain knowledge.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNRETENTIVE


adventive
ədˈvɛntɪv
affrontive
əˈfrʌntɪv
agentive
ˈeɪdʒəntɪv
anal-retentive
ˌeɪnəlrəˈtɛntɪv
appointive
əˈpɔɪntɪv
argumentive
ˈɑːɡjʊməntɪv
attentive
əˈtɛntɪv
circumventive
ˌsɜːkəmˈventɪv
disincentive
ˌdɪsɪnˈsɛntɪv
fermentive
fəˈmɛntɪv
inattentive
ˌɪnəˈtɛntɪv
incentive
ɪnˈsɛntɪv
inventive
ɪnˈvɛntɪv
irretentive
ˌɪrɪˈtɛntɪv
plaintive
ˈpleɪntɪv
preventive
prɪˈvɛntɪv
retentive
rɪˈtɛntɪv
substantive
ˈsʌbstəntɪv
unattentive
ˌʌnəˈtentɪv
uninventive
ˌʌnɪnˈventɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNRETENTIVE

unrestingly
unrestingness
unrestored
unrestrainable
unrestrained
unrestrainedly
unrestraint
unrestricted
unrestrictedly
unretarded
unretire
unretouched
unreturnable
unreturned
unreturning
unreturningly
unrevealable
unrevealed
unrevealing
unrevenged

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNRETENTIVE

active
alternative
anal retentive
assentive
automotive
competitive
cooperative
creative
effective
executive
in the negative
intentive
interactive
native
negative
overattentive
presentive
sustentive
tax incentive
wage incentive

Synonyms and antonyms of unretentive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unretentive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNRETENTIVE

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The translations of unretentive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unretentive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

unretentive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

unretentive
570 millions of speakers

English

unretentive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unretentive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ايحفظ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

unretentive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unretentive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unretentive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

unretentive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak sepatutnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

undichte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

unretentive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unretentive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unretentive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unretentive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unretentive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असुविधाजनक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

unretentive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unretentive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unretentive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

unretentive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unretentive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unretentive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unretentive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unretentive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unretentive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unretentive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNRETENTIVE»

The term «unretentive» is used very little and occupies the 172.517 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNRETENTIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unretentive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNRETENTIVE»

Discover the use of unretentive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unretentive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Master Dentistry: Volume 2: Restorative Dentistry, ...
Case. history. 2. A 50yearold lady presents with an unretentive upper denture and a lower denture that causes recurrent ulceration (Fig. 4.7). 1. What are the likely causes for the symptoms that this patient presents with? 2. How could you ...
Peter Heasman, 2013
2
Bulletin
... compressed; dark grayish brown, copiously splashed with dark grayish purple ; base round : apex abrupt ; shell rather thick, brittle ; cracking quality medium ; kernel broad, light brown, plump; sutures wide, unretentive; texture open, spongy;  ...
‎1911
3
Regeneration
If previously to his being regenerated the man's memory was unretentive, his judgment obtuse, and his imagination sluggish ; now that he is regenerated they will be found equally sluggish, obtuse, and unretentive, as the general rule.
William Anderson, 1875
4
The Psychological Clinic
The Healy completion test, while it emphasized again the poor distribution of her attention, and showed, by her repeated failure to remember how to take out a block, an unretentive memory, brought out a certain meager associability of images ...
Lightner Witmer, 1918
5
Field Operations of the Bureau of Soils
The topography is steeply sloping, and the soil is thoroughly - drained and very unretentive of moisture. ' The Lancaster fine sandy loam typically is derived in situ from the Dakota sandstone, though in this county it is derived largely from sands  ...
‎1916
6
Bulletin
... compressed : dark grayish brown, copiously splashed with dark grayish purple; base round: apex abrupt ; shell rather thick, brittle ; cracking quality medium ; kernel broad, light brown, plump; sutures wide, unretentive; texture open, spongy;  ...
North Carolina. Dept. of Agriculture, 1911
7
Pastoral theology: the theory of a gospel ministry
The parish is often represented in false colours, and it is a happy 1 " But you have naturally, you say, an unretentive memory, which disables you from speaking in public. But, is not the heart as unretentive and rebellious as the memory ...
Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet, 1855
8
The Practice of Medicine
If the stomach is unretentive tincture of opium (2-3 minims- — 0.12-0.2 mil) may be given by enema. The starch enema (1-2 ounces — 30.0-60.0 mils) is a time- honored remedy for severe tenesmus. It is made by mixing into a smooth paste a  ...
Arthur Albert Stevens, 1922
9
Casanova, Stendhal, Tolstoy: Adepts In Self-Portraiture
... have to thank for the fact that so much of Stendhal has been preserved for us. Like everything else in his make-up, Stendhal analyses the unretentive quality of his memory with admirable lucidity. First of all, he recognizes that he is egotistical  ...
‎2012
10
Planning and Making Crowns and Bridges
An occlusal force, a, will not dislodge a crown, however unretentive the preparation. ... cusp plane, b, occurring in lateral excursions of the mandible will, though, have a dislodging effect if the crown preparation is unretentive as in this case.
Bernard GN Smith, 1998

REFERENCE
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