unmedicative
- adjective
- /ʌnˈmɛdɪˌkeɪtɪv/
:
no medicinal
- The herbal tea turned out to be entirely unmedicative, offering no real relief for his cold.
Examples
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Many people use dietary supplements for unmedicative reasons, such as taste or habit, rather than health.
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It’s important to distinguish between unmedicative and prescribed treatments in clinical studies.
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This cream is unmedicative.
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Many people prefer unmedicative remedies.
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It’s important to distinguish between unmedicative and prescribed treatments in clinical studies.
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Many people use dietary supplements for unmedicative reasons, such as taste or habit, rather than health.
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The herbal tea turned out to be entirely unmedicative, offering no real relief for his cold.
Synonyms
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Not about doctors or hospitals
Not used to treat illness, often taken for taste or relaxation
Does not treat illness or improve health
Not able to help treat a disease or injury
Not involving drugs used to treat or prevent health problems
A method that does not use medicine, for example exercise or counseling
A treatment that does not use medicine
Not about doctors or medicine for treating illness
Does not cause any effect in the body, for example in medicines
Antonyms
How Medicinal
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
unmedicative = medicative (transparent) = un + medic + ative
The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the meaning of 'medicative', making the word transparent.
Etymology
The word unmedicative is formed from un- meaning 'not' and medicine (from medic) meaning 'to heal', so you can think of it as 'not healing'. That's why unmedicative describes something that has no medical effect or is not meant for medical use.