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irresultative

irresultative adjective: indicating an event or action not taken to completion, as with "I was writing" but not "I wrote".

Adjective

irresultative (not comparable)

  1. Indicating an event or action not taken to completion, as with "I was writing" but not "I wrote".
    Synonyms:
    atelic

Synonyms of irresultative

Origin of irresultative

From ir- + resultative.

Questions about irresultative

What does irresultative mean?
Irresultative means indicating an event or action not taken to completion, as with "I was writing" but not "I wrote".
What part of speech is irresultative?
Irresultative is an adjective.

Words near irresultative in the dictionary

  1. irresponsibly
  2. irresponsive
  3. irresponsively
  4. irresponsiveness
  5. irrestrainable
  6. irresultative
  7. irresuscitable
  8. irresuscitably
  9. irretention
  10. irretentive
  11. irretentiveness

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