Antonyms of adj supportive

1 sense of supportive

Sense 1
supportive (vs. unsupportive) -- (furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer")

unsupportive (vs. supportive) -- (not furnishing support or assistance)
        => confounding, contradictory -- (that confounds or contradicts or confuses)
        => disconfirming, invalidating -- (establishing as invalid or untrue)

Similarity of adj supportive

1 sense of supportive

Sense 1
supportive (vs. unsupportive) -- (furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer")
       => accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary -- (furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other")
       => accessary, accessory -- (aiding and abetting in a crime; "he was charged with being accessory to the crime")
       => certificatory -- (serving to certify or endorse authoritatively)
       => collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying -- (serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence")
       => demonstrative of (predicate) -- (serving to prove or demonstrate; "the oath of office is...demonstrative of the legislative opinion on this subject"- John Marshall)
       => encouraging, supporting -- (furnishing support and encouragement; "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher")
          Also See-> positive#1

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