duplicative

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Latin duplex

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin duplicātusbor.

English duplicate

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English duplicative

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /djuːˈplɪkətɪv/, /djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.tɪv/, /ˈdjuː.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪv/
(General American) IPA^(key): /d(j)uˈplɪkətɪv/, /d(j)u.plɪˈkeɪ.tɪv/, /ˈd(j)u.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪv/

duplicative (comparative more duplicative, superlative most duplicative)

Of, related to, or being a duplicate.
- 1991 December 1, Jacob Smith Yang, “Surgeon General Confers With ACT UP”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 20, page 2:
  The purpose of such a position would be to oversee all aspects of government AIDS programs, weeding out duplicative or wasteful programs in favor of those that would meet the needs of all people with HIV.
- 2017 May 23, Gregory Krieg, Will Mullery, “Trump’s budget by the numbers: What gets cut and why”, in CNN‎^[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 21 August 2020:
  MBDA provides minority business enterprises with a variety of business assistance services that are duplicative of other Federal, State, local, and private sector efforts.

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