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underived

underived adjective: not derived, not related.

Adjective

underived (not comparable)

  1. not derived, not related.
    • If their rights are inherent and underived, they may, by their own suffrages, encircle, with a diadem, the brows of Mr. Cushing.1742, Samuel Johnson, The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 6
    • "Firstly,--if underived virtue be peculiar to the Deity, can it be the duty of a creature to have it?"1859, Various, Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3, Issue 15, January, 1859

Origin of underived

From un- + derived.

Words formed from underived

Questions about underived

What does underived mean?
Underived means not derived, not related.
What part of speech is underived?
Underived is an adjective.

Words near underived in the dictionary

  1. underivatised
  2. underivative
  3. underivatively
  4. underivatized
  5. underiveable
  6. underived
  7. underivedly
  8. underivedness
  9. underjacket
  10. underjackets
  11. underjailer

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