spurtive

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adjective

Occurring in spurts or short bursts.

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Meanings

adjectivespurtive (comparative more spurtive, superlative most spurtive)

comparative more spurtive · superlative most spurtive

  1. Occurring in spurts or short bursts.

    […] spurtive phenomenon cannot be captured in a simple time trend. Only the ratchet approach can adequately model the spurtive irregularity.

    2002, Raj Kumar Sen, Biswajit Chatterjee, Indian Economy, Agenda for the 21st Century, page 311

Origin

From spurt + -ive.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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