noncausative

Adjective

• not causative

Adj

• Not causative.
• Not a cause.
• Not causative.
• Not involving, or affected by, causality.

Examples

• Such statistical analysis can establish correlation but cannot tell us whether the correlation is proximally causative, distally causative, or noncausative.
• The subsequent investigation found the earlier inadequate maintenance to be inappropriate but noncausative.

Synonyms

noncausal

Antonyms

causative