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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. causing to decrease in importance or value;
- Example: "detractive influences on the volume of investment"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Detractive \De*tract"ive\, a.
   1. Tending to detractor draw. [R.]
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   2. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

detractive
    adj 1: causing to decrease in importance or value; "detractive
           influences on the volume of investment"