nonsupportive

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ supportive

Adjective[edit]

nonsupportive (not comparable)

  1. Not supportive
    • 2001 August 24, Yuntao Wu, Jon W. Marsh, “Selective Transcription and Modulation of Resting T Cell Activity by Preintegrated HIV DNA”, in Science[1], volume 293, number 5534, →DOI, pages 1503–1506:
      However, viral infection is limited by the quiescence of most circulating T cells, which is nonsupportive of viral replication.
    • 1990 February 23, Robert McClory, “The Rights of Men”, in Chicago Reader[2]:
      He saw joint custody as a way of countering the stereotype that labels the father as moneymaker and the mother as nurturer, and by the same token considers a noncustodial mother as much a failure as a nonsupportive father.