constructive
/kənˈstɹʌktɪv/ adjective B2- Relating to or causing construction.
- Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
- Serving a useful purpose.
- Deemed after the fact to exist or to have occurred, despite the formal process not having been followed; often when there was no intention to do so at the time. · constructive dismissal· constructive notice
- Not direct or expressed, but inferred.
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