Uninflected

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That does not use inflection. not-comparable
  2. 2
    That has not been inflected. not-comparable

    "It seems that many such technical words (grada, minuta, introitus) were left in the uninflected state when contracted in any customary form such as we have […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection wordnet
  2. 2
    not inflected wordnet
  3. 3
    (of the voice) not inflected wordnet

Synonyms

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Example

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"In the process of grammaticalization, an uninflected lexical word (or content word) is transformed into a grammar word (or function word)."

Etymology

From un- + inflected.

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