residual
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- adjective
- /rɪˈzɪdʒuəl/
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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.
- It's it's OK for there to be residual emotion.
- But secondly, they come without that British background, that residual understanding of our morality, and so they wouldn't know how to integrate if they tried.
- Presumably some of the residual thought processes and emotions from a dream or dreams still live within us early in the day.
- Who knows the residual effect of taking a little bit of time out and making somebody feel good or doing something extra?
- And the way to think about this is think about the concept of residual demand, OK?
Examples
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I know we made the right choice, but I think I might have some residual sadness about our loss.
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And that cash should be producing some kind of residual cash flow for you.
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Or is this something that is a residual effect of what I did for a living?
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Who knows the residual effect of taking a little bit of time out and making somebody feel good or doing something extra?
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It's it's OK for there to be residual emotion.
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Seems the surge has had some residual effect on the jump point.
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Presumably some of the residual thought processes and emotions from a dream or dreams still live within us early in the day.
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That's still a residual thing from my shoulder injury.
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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
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Not used or eaten after the rest, often food
Still left after other things have been used or taken
Left after debts and gifts are paid in a will
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Soil made mostly of clay that stays after rain and wind wash away other rock parts
- Specialized
A measure of how far actual values usually are from predicted values
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.