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formative

[fawr-muh-tiv] / ˈfɔr mə tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
influential, impressionable
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
destructive noninfluential


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Unfortunately, work has also faded as a formative experience.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

During some of Parton's earliest performances, her uncle, Bill Owens, accompanied her on the guitar - formative years for the future music legend.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

But Smith’s clear description of this formative technique of industrial engineering has lasted longest.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

This is a generation that entered adulthood during a global pandemic after spending formative years online.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

“I think it’s safe to say that this has been a formative experience in my life.”

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

So formatives: stare and stair, starling; steer, sterling; shere, sherrif; child, children; kind, kindred; know, knollege; and dhe rest.

From A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy by James Elphinston




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