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residual

residual

69 5.3
Left after the main part is gone
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈzɪdʒuəl/
: residual
  • The chemotherapy left her with some residual fatigue that lasted for weeks after treatment.
  • residual effect
  • residual fuel
  • residual oil

It's it's OK for there to be residual emotion.

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Examples

  • I know we made the right choice, but I think I might have some residual sadness about our loss.

  • And that cash should be producing some kind of residual cash flow for you.

  • Or is this something that is a residual effect of what I did for a living?

  • Who knows the residual effect of taking a little bit of time out and making somebody feel good or doing something extra?

  • It's it's OK for there to be residual emotion.

  • Seems the surge has had some residual effect on the jump point.

  • Presumably some of the residual thought processes and emotions from a dream or dreams still live within us early in the day.

  • That's still a residual thing from my shoulder injury.

  • The ship was ready to lift, and outside of some residual soreness, so was she.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • India's defense establishment has had a residual distrust of the United States ever since.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

remaining
vsresidual
542 1.0

Still left after other things have been used or taken

is used to describe what stays after the main part is removed
leftover
vsresidual
76 1.6

Not used or eaten after the rest, often food

is a more formal word for any remainder beyond casual items
residuary
vsresidual
  • Formal
1 9.3

Left after debts and gifts are paid in a will

is broader, applying to remainders in any context not just estates

Antonyms

691 2.5

Being most important or basic

Compounds

residual oil
  • Specialized
1 6.1

Oil left after heating crude oil that is used as fuel

1 9.5

A measure of how far actual values usually are from predicted values

residual clay
  • Specialized
7.7

Soil made mostly of clay that stays after rain and wind wash away other rock parts

residual soil
  • Specialized
7.6

Soil that stays above the rock it came from after the rock wears away

How Much

substantial
308 5.0
significant
∞ 2.5
residual
69 5.3
small
∞ 1.0
negligible
31 5.6

Surface Forms

residual positive

Morphology

residual = reside (semi-transparent) = resid + ual

The adjective form 'residual' suggests something 'remaining', which is not directly apparent from 'reside'.

Etymology

Residual comes from the Latin residere, which means 'to remain' or 'sit back' and is related to the English word reside, so as an adjective it describes what is 'left' after the main part or amount is gone.