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Privative adjective

Noun

Definiciones

1.NounAn adjective indicating that a noun refers to an object that is not of the class which that noun ordinarily refers to.
"That's fake news.; Isn't that a toy sword?"
2.NounAn 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.
"‎finger + ‎-less → ‎fingerless; ‎hope + ‎-less → ‎hopeless; ‎heart + ‎-less → ‎heartless; ‎sugar + ‎-free → ‎sugar-free"
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