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detractive

detractive

8.1
Making something seem less important or less valuable
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈtræktɪv/
translation icon : desprestigiador
  • The ongoing scandal had a detractive effect on the company's reputation.

Examples

  • The detractive comments from critics hurt her confidence.

  • His detractive remarks about the project lowered its value.

  • Critics pointed to several detractive aspects of the new policy.

  • Unstable economic factors can be detractive to long-term investment growth.

  • The ongoing scandal had a detractive effect on the company's reputation.

  • Critics pointed to several detractive aspects of the new policy.

  • Unstable economic factors can be detractive to long-term investment growth.

How Damaging

ruinous
10 7.0
harmful
161 2.6
detractive
8.1
minor
600 2.4

Surface Forms

detractive positive

Morphology

detractive = detract (transparent) = detract + ive

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'detract' with the suffix '-ive'; the meaning 'causing to detract' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Detractive comes from the parts de- meaning 'away' and tract meaning 'to pull', the same root you see in tractor. So something detractive 'pulls away' value or importance, which is why it means making something less important or less valuable.