not absolute

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comparative adj.
conditional adj.
provisory adj.

ADJECTIVE

comparative

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provisional

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approaching contingent correlative equivalent like parallel relative

WEAK

allusive analogous by comparison comparable conditional connected contrastive corresponding in proportion matching metaphorical near not positive qualified related restricted rivaling similar vying with reservation

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different dissimilar separate unequal unlike

ADJECTIVE

conditional

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limited provisional restrictive tentative

WEAK

codicillary contingent depending on fortuitous granted on certain terms guarded iffy incidental inconclusive modified obscure provisory qualified relative reliant relying on restricted subject to uncertain with grain of salt with reservations with strings attached

Antonyms

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certain definite

WEAK

independent unconditional unlimited unqualified unrestricted

ADJECTIVE

provisory

Synonyms

WEAK

codicillary contingent depending on fortuitous granted on certain terms guarded iffy incidental inconclusive limited modified obscure provisional qualified relative reliant relying on restricted restrictive subject to tentative uncertain with grain of salt with reservations with strings attached

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not absolute

The tests are not absolute proof of endometriosis but can provide an indication that may result in referral to specialist services.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Public employees, she added, enjoy some constitutional protection, but those rights are not absolute and can be outweighed by workplace disruption.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025

But this prerogative is not absolute; like all presidents, Trump has to enforce the law under the basic limitations imposed by the Constitution, which protects documented and undocumented people alike.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2025

But President Paul Alivisatos said on Friday that those protections were not absolute, and that the encampment had run afoul of university policies.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2024

Still would the board and the black king be in the same place; for motion is not absolute.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

not absolute

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