Hyphenation of putative

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word putative? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pu-ta-tive

Definitions of putative:

1.	Purported Commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds The foundling's putative father The putative author of the book

Synonyms of putative:

adj	purported, reputed, supposed, acknowledged

Last hyphenations of this language

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