"privative adjective" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: privative adjectives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} privative adjective (plural privative adjectives)
  1. (grammar) An adjective indicating that a noun refers to an object that is not of the class which that noun ordinarily refers to. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-privative_adjective-en-noun-dVMxj88g Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (grammar) An adjective indicating that a noun lacks some other noun, or a quality of that noun; usually formed in English by the affixation of the suffix -less or suffixoid -free to the noun that is absent. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-privative_adjective-en-noun-3M6stcDI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Parts of speech Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Parts of speech: 39 61 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: alpha privative, alpha privativum, deprivation, privation, privative a Translations (privative adjective): privatives Adjektiv [neuter] (German)
Disambiguation of 'privative adjective': 45 55

Inflected forms

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