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dispositive

[ dih-spoz-i-tiv ]

adjective

  1. involving or affecting disposition or settlement:

    a dispositive clue in a case of embezzlement.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of dispositive1

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

There’s no indication that Giuliani or his team tried to evaluate the content of the video before presenting it as dispositive.

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

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