noncausative

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adjective

Not a cause.

“The subsequent investigation found the earlier inadequate maintenance to be inappropriate but noncausative.”

Similar
noncausal
Opposite
causative
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Meanings

adjectivenoncausative (not comparable)
  1. Not causative.
    1. not comparableNot a cause.

      The subsequent investigation found the earlier inadequate maintenance to be inappropriate but noncausative.

    2. not comparableNot involving, or affected by, causality.

      Such statistical analysis can establish correlation but cannot tell us whether the correlation is proximally causative, distally causative, or noncausative.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot causative

Similar
noncausal
Opposite
causative
Also see
noncausaluncausative

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From non- + causative.

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APA

noncausative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncausative

MLA

“noncausative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncausative. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noncausative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncausative.

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