noninflectional Antonyms
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Meaning of noninflectional
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noninflectional (a.)
Not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection.
noninflectional Sentence Examples
- The noninflectional morpheme "un-" in "unhappy" negates the meaning of the word.
- English nouns and verbs are typically noninflectional, unlike their counterparts in many other languages.
- The noninflectional form of the word "love" remains "love" regardless of tense, person, or number.
- Noninflectional languages use alternative means, such as word order or context, to convey grammatical information.
- The noninflectional suffix "-ly" forms adjectives from adverbs in English.
- Chinese is a noninflectional language where words maintain their basic form throughout grammatical constructions.
- Noninflectional languages often have fewer irregular forms and a more regular grammatical system.
- The use of noninflectional forms in a sentence can create emphasis or stylistic variation.
- Some languages have mixed inflectional and noninflectional systems, such as German and Russian.
- The noninflectional nature of certain words allows them to function as both nouns and verbs, known as conversion or zero derivation.
FAQs About the word noninflectional
Not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection.
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The noninflectional morpheme "un-" in "unhappy" negates the meaning of the word.
English nouns and verbs are typically noninflectional, unlike their counterparts in many other languages.
The noninflectional form of the word "love" remains "love" regardless of tense, person, or number.
Noninflectional languages use alternative means, such as word order or context, to convey grammatical information.
