noncausative

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ causative.

Adjective

noncausative (not comparable)

1. Not causative.
   1. Not a cause.

      The subsequent investigation found the earlier inadequate maintenance to be inappropriate but noncausative.

   2. Not involving, or affected by, causality.

      Such statistical analysis can establish correlation but cannot tell us whether the correlation is proximally causative, distally causative, or noncausative.

Derived terms

• noncausatively