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1K+ Rhyming Words For UNRETENTIVE

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inattentive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• showing a lack of attention or care

adjective satellite

• not showing due care or attention

attentive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• (often followed by `to') giving care or attention

• taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention

incentive9
3 nounn
noun

• a positive motivational influence

• an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

preventive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• tending to prevent or hinder

noun

• remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• an agent or device intended to prevent conception

adjective satellite

• preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease

retentive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• good at remembering

• having the capacity to retain something

adjective satellite

• having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water

adventive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized

disincentive12
4 nounn
noun

• a negative motivational influence

uninventive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention

agentive8
3 adjectiveadj
noun

• A word having this construction.

adjective

• Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).

• Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.

argumentive11
4 adjectiveadj
No meanings yet for this word...
assentive9
3 adjectiveadj
No meanings yet for this word...
pendentive10
3 nounn
noun

• The concave triangular sections of vaulting that provide the transition between a dome and the square base on which it is set and transfer the weight of the dome.

overattentive13
5 noun, adjectiven, adj
No meanings yet for this word...
fermentive10
3 adjectiveadj
No meanings yet for this word...
sustentive10
3 adjectiveadj
No meanings yet for this word...
unattentive11
4 adjectiveadj
No meanings yet for this word...
active6
2 adjectiveadj
adjective

• tending to become more severe or wider in scope

• disposed to take action or effectuate change

• characterized by energetic activity

• exerting influence or producing a change or effect

• full of activity or engaged in continuous activity

• (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions

• expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:

• (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being

• (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting

• (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt

• engaged in full-time work

noun

• chemical agent capable of activity

• the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb

• a person who is a participating member of an organization

adjective satellite

• engaged in or ready for military or naval operations

• taking part in an activity

• in operation

competitive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• involving competition or competitiveness

adjective satellite

• subscribing to capitalistic competition

• showing a fighting disposition

give4
1 verbv
noun

• the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

verb

• cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

• be the cause or source of

• transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody

• convey or reveal information

• convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow

• organize or be responsible for

• convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture

• give as a present; make a gift of

• cause to happen or be responsible for

• dedicate

• give or supply

• transmit (knowledge or skills)

• bring about

• leave with; give temporarily

• emit or utter

• endure the loss of

• place into the hands or custody of

• give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

• give (as medicine)

• give or convey physically

• bestow

• bestow, especially officially

• move in order to make room for someone for something

• give food to

• contribute to some cause

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• estimate the duration or outcome of something

• execute and deliver

• deliver in exchange or recompense

• afford access to

• present to view

• perform for an audience

• be flexible under stress of physical force

• propose

• accord by verdict

• manifest or show

• offer in good faith

• submit for consideration, judgment, or use

• guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion

• allow to have or take

• inflict as a punishment

• occur

• consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man

• proffer (a body part)

live4
1 verb, adverbv, adv
adjective

• actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing

• exerting force or containing energy

• possessing life

adverb

• not recorded

adjective satellite

• highly reverberant

• charged with an explosive

• elastic; rebounds readily

• abounding with life and energy

• in current use or ready for use

• of current relevance

• charged or energized with electricity

• capable of erupting

verb

• be an inhabitant of or reside in

• lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style

• continue to live and avoid dying

• support oneself

• have life, be alive

• have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

• pursue a positive and satisfying existence

primitive9
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

• a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

• a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

adjective satellite

• belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

• little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

• used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

• of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

counterincentive16
5 nounn
No meanings yet for this word...
conclusive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question

counteractive13
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action

detective9
3 nounn
noun

• a police officer who investigates crimes

• an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

expensive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• high in price or charging high prices

forgive7
2 verbv
verb

• stop blaming or grant forgiveness

• absolve from payment

informative11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

• serving to instruct or enlighten or inform

• providing or conveying information

repetitive10
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• characterized by repetition

adjective satellite

• repetitive and persistent

tentative9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

• unsettled in mind or opinion

inventive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

adaptive8
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• having a capacity for adaptation

affirmative11
4
adjective

• affirming or giving assent

noun

• a reply of affirmation

adjective satellite

• expecting the best

• expressing or manifesting praise or approval

aggressive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

adjective satellite

• tending to spread quickly

• characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

alternative11
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

adjective satellite

• serving or used in place of another

• necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities

• pertaining to unconventional choices

attractive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm

• having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull

adjective satellite

• having power to arouse interest

collective10
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• forming a whole or aggregate

noun

• members of a cooperative enterprise

adjective satellite

• done by or characteristic of individuals acting together

• set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government

conservative12
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion

noun

• a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

• a member of a Conservative Party

adjective satellite

• having social or political views favoring conservatism

• avoiding excess

• unimaginatively conventional

• conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

creative8
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• having the ability or power to create

adjective satellite

• promoting construction or creation

defensive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack

noun

• an attitude of defensiveness

adjective satellite

• attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

destructive11
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• causing destruction or much damage

excessive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• beyond normal limits

• unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

exclusive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority

noun

• a news report that is reported first by one news organization

adjective satellite

• not divided or shared with others

• not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective

executive9
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.

noun

• a person responsible for the administration of a business

• persons who administer the law

• someone who manages a government agency or department

explosive9
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst

noun

• a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck

adjective satellite

• liable to lead to sudden change or violence

• sudden and loud

fugitive8
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

• someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

adjective satellite

• lasting for a markedly brief time

impressive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• making a strong or vivid impression

adjective satellite

• producing a strong effect

massive7
2 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• imposing in size or bulk or solidity

• being the same substance throughout

• imposing in scale or scope or degree or power

• consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter

motive6
2 nounn
noun

• the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

• a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music

• a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration

adjective satellite

• causing or able to cause motion

• impelling to action

native6
2 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

• belonging to one by birth

• characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

noun

• an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

• a person born in a particular place or country

• indigenous plants and animals

adjective satellite

• as found in nature in the elemental form

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