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uninflected

/ˌʌnɪnˈflɛktɪd/ adjective · British & US
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What does uninflected mean?

adjective

Not having inflection; not changing form to indicate grammatical function. In linguistics, a word that does not change its form to indicate grammatical function, such as 'go' in 'I go', 'you go', 'he goes'.

Example

"The uninflected form of the verb 'to be' is 'is', 'are', 'am', etc."

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