Constructive

Adjective

1. Relating to or causing construction.
2. Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
3. Serving a useful purpose.
4. Deemed after the fact to exist or to have occurred, despite the formal process not having been followed; often when there was no intention to do so at the time.

   "constructive dismissal"

5. Not direct or expressed, but inferred. <!--Chambers 1908-->