nonsupportive en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + supportive.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not supportive
However, viral infection is limited by the quiescence of most circulating T cells, which is nonsupportive of viral replication.
2001 August 24, Yuntao Wu, Jon W. Marsh, “Selective Transcription and Modulation of Resting T Cell Activity by Preintegrated HIV DNA”, in Science, volume 293, number 5534, →DOI, pages 1503–1506:He saw joint custody as a way of countering the stereotype that labels the father as moneymaker and the mother as nurturer, and by the same token considers a noncustodial mother as much a failure as a nonsupportive father.
1990 February 23, Robert McClory, “The Rights of Men”, in Chicago Reader: