nonsupportive

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ supportive.

Adjective

nonsupportive (not comparable)

1. Not supportive
   • 2001 August 24, Yuntao Wu, Jon W. Marsh, “Selective Transcription and Modulation of Resting T Cell Activity by Preintegrated HIV DNA”, in Science‎^[1], volume 293, number 5534, →DOI, pages 1503–1506:

     However, viral infection is limited by the quiescence of most circulating T cells, which is nonsupportive of viral replication.

   • 1990 February 23, Robert McClory, “The Rights of Men”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     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.