Hypertext Webster Gateway: "detractive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detractive \De*tract"ive\, a.
1. Tending to detractor draw. [R.]
2. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
detractive
adj : causing to decrease in importance or value; "detractive
influences on the volume of investment"
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