Preventive and Unprotective

Opposite meaning words

Preventive adjective - Concerned with or serving to keep something from happening.

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Unprotective is an antonym for preventive.

Unprotective adjective - Not affording protection.

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Preventive is an antonym for unprotective.

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Unprotective and Preventive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/preventive/unprotective

Preventive & Unprotective. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/preventive/unprotective>.

Unprotective or Preventive. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/preventive/unprotective.

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