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accidental gaps

accidental gaps is the plural of accidental gap.

Meaning of accidental gap

Noun

accidental gap (plural accidental gaps)

  1. A potential word, word sense, morpheme, or other form that does not exist in some language despite the fact that it would be permissible by the grammatical rules of that language.
    Synonyms:
    lexical gap

Questions about accidental gaps

What is accidental gaps the plural of?
Accidental gaps is the plural of accidental gap.

Words near accidental gaps in the dictionary

  1. accidental colour
  2. accidental colours
  3. accidental death
  4. accidental deaths
  5. accidental gap
  6. accidental gaps
  7. accidental light
  8. accidental lights
  9. accidental point
  10. accidental points
  11. accidental properties

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