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Accidental gap
Noun
Word Frequency:
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Definitions
1.
Noun
A potential word, word sense, morpheme, or other form that does not exist in some language despite the fact that it would be permissible by the grammatical rules of that language.
Synonyms
gapping
lacuna
hiatus
accident
accidence
parasitic gap
occasionalism
pseudogapping
lapsus linguae
ellipsis
lapsus linguæ
anisomorphism
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