dispositive

[ dih-spoz-i-tiv ]

adjective

1. involving or affecting disposition or settlement:

   a dispositive clue in a case of embezzlement.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dispositive¹

1475–85; dispose + -itive, on the model of positive

Example Sentences

None of that evidence is dispositive--but it is certainly not exculpatory either.

From The Daily Beast