noncausative en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + causative.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not causative. ▸ Not a cause.
The subsequent investigation found the earlier inadequate maintenance to be inappropriate but noncausative.
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(not-comparable) Not causative. ▸ Not 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.