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residual

/ɹɪˈzɪdjəl/

adjective1 of 2

concerning the last little bit, after the rest has gone or ended

  • “Now clean up any residual dust.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 2

A remainder left over at the end of some process.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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