unconducive
Adjective
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Adjective
unconducive
- Not likely to produce or support some desired outcome.
- 1898, "[http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=4M0JAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LTsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6261,1814957&dq=unconducive&hl=en Soft Drinks in Black Bottles]," Daily Mail and Empire (Canada), 19 Apr., p. 2 (retrieved 20 Aug. 2010):
- [A]nd anyone who knows the stimulating effect of that beverage is aware that it could not fail to be unconducive to order.
- 1964, Robert C. Ruark, "[http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=r38sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Cs0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4842,4227826&dq=unconducive&hl=en Stupid Commerce in Busing School Kids]," Spartanburg Herald (USA), 28 Oct., p. 4 (retrieved 20 Aug. 2010):
- Harlem is such a place as is full of tension unconducive to the best interest of education.
- 2008, "Indonesia's Truba Alam delays dollar bond sale ↗," reuters.com (UK), 11 June (retrieved 20 Aug. 2010):
- "Because of the unconducive market conditions, we will delay the dollar bond plan."
- 1898, "[http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=4M0JAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LTsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6261,1814957&dq=unconducive&hl=en Soft Drinks in Black Bottles]," Daily Mail and Empire (Canada), 19 Apr., p. 2 (retrieved 20 Aug. 2010):
- Portuguese: inconducente
- Spanish: inconducente
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