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accumulative

[ US /əkˈjumjəˌɫeɪtɪv/ ]
[ UK /ɐkjˈuːmjʊlətˌɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. increasing by successive addition
    the eventual accumulative effect of these substances
    the benefits are cumulative
  2. marked by acquiring or amassing
    we live in an accumulative society

How To Use accumulative In A Sentence

  • He defined a game as a conflict of interests resolved by the accumulative choices players make while trying to anticipate each other.
  • It was impossible to state with accumulative our loss.
  • Exercise: 1hr 20 mins of brisk walking (accumulatively) Joyous
  • In addition to its direct toxicity there are serious concerns that Deca breaks down in the environment to form PBDEs with fewer bromines, which are more persistent and bioaccumulative in people. Enviroblog: Extinguishing Deca: A toxic flame retardant may flicker out Archives
  • Bans on many of the persistent, bioaccumulative chemicals have resulted in clear decreases in levels of these chemicals in countries where we have time-trend data.
  • My only concern is to make sure that we present the accumulative or aggregate system properly to the people at the track.
  • They have invented a kind of accumulative or constructive evidence, by which many actions either totally innocent in themselves, or criminal in a much inferior degree, shall, when united, amount to treason, and subject the person to the highest penalties inflicted by the law. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell
  • The Port River has been the repository of industrial waste for over a hundred years and the accumulative effect on local flora and fauna has been disastrous.
  • While the EPA has been working on a gradual phase-out, Wal-Mart simply decided to ban the chemical, a neurotoxin that the EPA says is "persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic to both humans and the environment. Carl Pope: Green Sprouts in the Sidewalk?
  • It is also bioaccumulative, meaning its concentration intensifies as it moves up the food chain. "interview with CNN, Dr. Shaw said this of the toxic soup that is the combination of oil and dispersants:" Shrimpers [were] throwing their nets into water ... [then] water from the nets splashed on [one's] skin ... [ Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org
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