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remedial

[ri-mee-dee-uhl] / rɪˈmi di əl /
ADJECTIVE
healing, restorative
Synonyms
STRONGEST
corrective therapeutic
WEAK
alleviative antidotal antiseptic curative curing health-giving healthful invigorating medicating medicinal purifying recuperative reformative remedying repairing restitutive sanative sanatory solving soothing tonic treating vulnerary wholesome
Antonyms
STRONGEST
harmful hurtful injurious
WEAK
damaging

Example Sentences

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Inventory management, cash flow and marketing are essential subjects in any business narrative, but readers looking for that story will be disappointed with observations bordering on the remedial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In 100 years of public education, we have gone from teaching Latin and Greek in high school to teaching remedial English in college.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

These special programs that are supposed to be remedial do harm, not just good.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Eventually most vulnerable young patients were transferred to the adult hospital while the infections were investigated and remedial work took place.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Since the charges against Oliver had been dropped, he was able to do some remedial work; but the damage had already been done.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela