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constructive

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
constructive/kənˈstrʌktɪv/

▶adjective

1 serving a useful purpose.

2 Law not stated explicitly.

3 relating to construction.

– derivatives
constructively adverb,
constructiveness noun.

'constructive' also found in these Oxford entries:

constructive dismissal - positive

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