remedial
Americanadjective
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intended to correct or improve one's skill in a specified field.
remedial math.
- Synonyms:
- corrective
adjective
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affording a remedy; curative
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denoting or relating to special teaching, teaching methods, or material for backward and slow learners
remedial education
Other Word Forms
- nonremedial adjective
- nonremedially adverb
- remedially adverb
Etymology
Origin of remedial
From the Late Latin word remediālis, dating back to 1645–55. See remedy, -al 1
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
"Implementing stage 2 HAI-Scribe at the design stage would have reduced overall project costs by preventing redesign and remedial works," it found.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 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
The foyer is cool thanks to the marble and the sounds of girls outside practicing their remedial drills drifts in through the open windows.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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