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con·struc·tive

 (kən-strŭk′tĭv)
adj.
1. Serving to improve or advance; helpful: constructive criticism.
2. Of or relating to construction; structural.
3. Law Inferred, imputed, or presumed from circumstances: The judge ruled that the tenant was subjected to a constructive eviction because the landlord had turned off all the utilities.

con·struc′tive·ly adv.
con·struc′tive·ness n.
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Noun1.constructiveness - the quality of serving to build or improve
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
destructiveness - the quality of causing destruction
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