Markedness

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

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  • n. The phenomenon of words, forms or phonemes that are considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than usual forms.
    • Word Usage
    "To add further irony, Allan Bomhard had recently offered an excellent alternative to Illich-Svitych's ejective-rich theory to finally address markedness problems by turning ejective stops into plain stops."
     
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