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underivable

underivable adjective: that cannot be derived.

Adjective

underivable (not comparable)

  1. That cannot be derived.
    • [B]eautiful women […] seem, for a long interval, mysteriously exempt from the incantations of decay; for as the outward loveliness touch by touch departs, the interior beauty touch by touch replaces that departing bloom, with charms, which, underivable from earth, possess the ineffaceableness of...1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

Noun

underivable (plural underivables)

  1. Something that cannot be derived.

Forms of underivable

pluralunderivables

Origin of underivable

From un- + derivable.

Words formed from underivable

Questions about underivable

What does underivable mean?
Underivable means that cannot be derived.
What part of speech is underivable?
Underivable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near underivable in the dictionary

  1. underissue
  2. underissued
  3. underissues
  4. underissuing
  5. underivability
  6. underivable
  7. underivables
  8. underivatised
  9. underivative
  10. underivatively
  11. underivatized

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