The phrase "a direct competitive" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and may need additional context or modification to convey a clear meaning.
Example: "The company is facing a direct competitive challenge from its rivals in the market."
Alternatives: "a direct competitor" or "a direct competition".
Linux represents a direct competitive threat to Microsoft.
"The rest of the British media have come to see the BBC as a direct competitive threat in a way they never used to.
That will make Microsoft more of a direct competitive threat to Cisco Systems and Avaya, the two biggest companies that sell Internet-based telephone service software for businesses.
One thing it will give Google is a direct competitive offering to personal Web-publishing services such as Yahoo!
A direct competitive inhibition TRFIA was developed by Yong-ping Tang to detect unconjugated estriol in serum [84].
A direct competitive chemiluminescent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (CL-ELISA) for determination of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) was developed.
Therefore in this study, samples which displayed a positive response after the first screening step were analyzed using two different post-screening tests, the Tetrasensor® test for tetracyclines and an direct competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for (fluoro quinolones.
The latter is a synthetic, non-peptide, direct, competitive inhibitor of thrombin.
For quantitative determination of 25-OHD we used a Food and Drugs Administration approved [35], direct, competitive chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) using the DiaSorin LIASON 25-OHD total assay (Heartland Assays, Ames, IA, USA) [36].
The LIAISON 25-OH 25-hydroxyvitamin D TOTAL is a fully automated antibody-based two-step direct competitive chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) in the clinical biochemistry department at the Royal Free Hospital.
Apixaban (Eliquis®) is a direct and competitive inhibitor of factor FXa that is approved for thrombosis prophylaxis after hip and knee replacement surgery, in non-valvular atrial fibrillation and venous thromboembolic events therapy [1].
