Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underivative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-iva-tive
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not derivative.

Example Sentences

"The ideas of substance and of the attributes are conceived through themselves, or immediately (intuitively) cognized; they are underivative, original, self-evident ideas."

Etymology

From un- + derivative.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more underivative (comparative) most underivative (superlative)

Derived Forms

underivatively

Questions

What does underivative mean?: Not derivative.
Where does underivative come from?: From un- + derivative.

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