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Antonyms for prospective

Grammar : Adj
Spell : pruh-spek-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : prəˈspɛk tɪv

Definition of prospective

Origin :
  • 1580s, from obsolete French prospectif and directly from Medieval Latin prospectivus "affording a prospect; pertaining to a prospect," from Latin prospect-, past participle stem of prospicere (see prospect (n.)). In 17c. also as a noun, "spy glass, telescope." Related: Prospectively.
  • adj anticipated, potential
Example sentences :
  • Prospective happiness is perhaps the only real happiness in the world.
  • Extract from : « Pearls of Thought » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • Prospective Employer: I suppose you have some experience of live stock?
  • Extract from : « Jokes For All Occasions » by Anonymous
  • I have not yet come across his Drunkard's Prospective , but it should be agreeable.
  • Extract from : « Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol III » by John Cleveland
  • Prospective admirers should not study too closely his political career.
  • Extract from : « Idling in Italy » by Joseph Collins
  • Dr. Martineau was, at that time, one of the editors of the Prospective Review.
  • Extract from : « Harriet Martineau » by Florence Fenwick Miller
  • Prospective readers, running their eyes over a printed page, object to the solid block formation of the descriptive passage.
  • Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber
  • Prospective son-in-law James, man of great words but little heart, rushes into the night to kill the ravisher.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 3rd, 1920 » by Various
  • Prospective parents should not at any time engage in anything that would be undesirable if reproduced in their children.
  • Extract from : « Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction » by T. W. Shannon
  • Prospective sin is often clothed in very alluring garments; past sin appears in all its naked deformity.
  • Extract from : « The Attache » by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
  • Prospective pecan planters should bear the following remarks in mind.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 » by Various

Synonyms for prospective

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