Definitions from Wiktionary (privative adjective)
▸ noun: (grammar) An adjective indicating that a noun refers to an object that is not of the class which that noun ordinarily refers to.
▸ noun: (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.
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▸ noun: (grammar) An adjective indicating that a noun refers to an object that is not of the class which that noun ordinarily refers to.
▸ noun: (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.
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alpha privative,
predicative adjective,
privative case,
substantive adjective,
adjective,
privative a,
adjectival pronoun,
attributive adjective,
prepositive adjective,
attributive noun,
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