violative
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- adjective
- /ˈvaɪəˌleɪtɪv/
- Formal
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violatorio
- And the way he's phrased his offer is violative of federal law.
And of course, what defines for them what's violative is what advertisers will tolerate.
- And of course, what defines for them what's violative is what advertisers will tolerate.
- They understand that what they're doing is violative of the fundamental precepts of academic institutions.
Examples
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They understand that what they're doing is violative of the fundamental precepts of academic institutions.
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Likewise, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia struck down state disposal laws as violative of the Commerce Clause.
Academic text (1995) -
The secretary is authorized to expand the number of violative acts.
Academic text (1994) -
Myers, a California decision that struck down restrictions on abortion funding as violative of its state constitution.
Academic text (1993) -
The Supreme Court considers parodies, for example, to be transformative, and thus not violative of the fair use doctrine.
Academic text (1997) -
In any event, it would also appear violative of due process for a state to extend unequal treatment to its subjects in violation of its constitutional obligations.
Academic text (1993) -
And thus, allowing discrimination based solely on race in such a case would be open-ended (and violative of the 14th Amendment).
Blog text (18) -
The Superior Court found the invocations and benedictions to be violative of the Establishment Clause, using Bennett as its lodestone.
Academic text (1991) -
Justice O'Connor's rationale for finding the government's action to be unfair and violative of the Takings Clause is arguably applicable to nuclear ratepayers because the continued recovery of stranded costs places a burden on some ratepayers and not others, and therefore is unfair.
Academic text (2000) -
The company's policies are violative of employee rights and freedoms.
Synonyms
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Obvious and very bad in a way that shocks people
Doing something that breaks a law, rule, or usual practice
Going beyond accepted limits and breaking rules or laws
Antonyms
How Violative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Violative comes from violate, which comes from an old Latin word meaning 'to do harm' or 'use force'. Think of the common word violation, which means 'breaking a rule', so violative means 'tending to break or go against' rules or rights.