nonaffixed

Adjective

nonaffixed (not comparable)

1. Having no affixes; composed of a single morpheme.
   • The Manelis and Tharp ( 1977 ) investigation failed to find a difference between affixed and nonaffixed words in either direction, a result that favored the independent entries hypothesis over either version of the decompositional hypothesis.1980, Status Report on Speech Research - Issues 63-64, page 246
   • Other nonaffixed polysyllabic words (words of more than one syllable with neither a prefix nor a suffix) are generally stressed initially also, when they are of Germanic origin.1986, Wilbur A. Benware, Phonetics and Phonology of Modern German, page 103
2. Not a fixture; not built in.
   • Observing that nonaffixed articles have been held to be constructively annexed only when they are essential to the purpose of predominant fixtures and concluding that the boxes were not essential to the operation of the vault or the building, the District Court of Appeal held that the boxes and...1960, California. State Board of Equalization, Biennial Report of the State Board of Equalization, page 36
   • No case has been cited to us or has been found as a result of our study which would justify departure in this situation from the universal rule denying compensation for movable, nonaffixed personal property on condemned realty.1977, American Law Reports: Cases and annotations, page 194
3. Detached; unconnected.
   • More likely, the existence of this diverse group show in Frankfurt in September 1967 illustrates an early engagement by European artists with loose materials composed of nonaffixed elements (whether natural or not) —what in New York in a few years would be named Postminimalism .1960, Art Journal - Volume 62, page 47
   • This habit of Mencken's stood the Library in good stead, for all nonaffixed correspondence with twentieth-century authors was left to the New York Public Library, restricted until January 31, 1971.1969, The Cabellian: A Journal of the Second American Renaissance, page 28