Uninflected (Adjective)

Meaning ¹

(of the voice) not inflected; "uninflected words"; "monotonic uninflected speech".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Antonyms

• Inflected

Meaning ²

Not inflected; "`boy' and `swim' are uninflected English words".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

• The verb "run" is usually uninflected in the present tense.
• In linguistics, uninflected words are often referred to as invariant.
• The word "hello" is an uninflected interjection in the English language.
• Most singular nouns in English are uninflected, but not plural nouns.
• Uninflected words, such as prepositions and conjunctions, are common in many languages.

Antonyms

• Inflected

Meaning ³

Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection.

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Analytic