[kənˈstrʌktɪv], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having or intended to have a useful or beneficial purpose
(e.g: constructive advice)

- not obvious or stated explicitly; derived by inference
(e.g: constructive liability)

- relating to, based on, or denoting mathematical proofs which show how an entity may in principle be constructed or arrived at in a finite number of steps


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Origin:
mid 17th century (in constructive): from late Latin constructivus, from Latin construct- ‘heap together’, from the verb construere (see construct)