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inflective

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-flec-tive
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.

adj

Capable of, or relating to, inflection; deflecting.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From inflect + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Rhymes With

effective objective collective detective respective protective selective prospective subjective directive ineffective reflective

Questions

What does inflective mean?
Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.
Where does inflective come from?
From inflect + -ive.

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