Antonyms for unretentive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ri-ten-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈtɛn tɪv |
Definition of unretentive
Origin :- late 14c., "able to hold or keep" (mental or physical), from Old French retentif, from Medieval Latin retentivus, from past participle stem of Latin retinere (see retain). Related: Retentively; retentiveness.
- As in faulty : adj not working; incorrect
- His light and unretentive mind was not one to harbor deep feeling.
- Extract from : « In the Roar of the Sea » by Sabine Baring-Gould
Synonyms for unretentive
- adulterated
- amiss
- awry
- bad
- below par
- blamable
- blemished
- botched
- broken
- cracked
- damaged
- debased
- defective
- deficient
- distorted
- erroneous
- fallacious
- fallible
- false
- flawed
- frail
- impaired
- imperfect
- imprecise
- inaccurate
- inadequate
- incomplete
- inexact
- injured
- insufficient
- invalid
- lame
- leaky
- lemon
- maimed
- malformed
- malfunctioning
- marred
- out of order
- rank
- sick
- tainted
- unfit
- unreliable
- unretentive
- unsound
- warped
- weak
- wrong
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