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uninversion

uninversion noun: a kind of error where an utterance has not undergone the proper inversion, as in "*What she is eating?" for "What is she eating?".

Noun

uninversion (uncountable)

  1. A kind of error where an utterance has not undergone the proper inversion, as in "*What she is eating?" for "What is she eating?".

Origin of uninversion

From un- + inversion.

Questions about uninversion

What does uninversion mean?
Uninversion means a kind of error where an utterance has not undergone the proper inversion, as in "*What she is eating?" for "What is she eating?".
What part of speech is uninversion?
Uninversion is a noun.

Words near uninversion in the dictionary

  1. uninventively
  2. uninventiveness
  3. uninventoried
  4. uninventorized
  5. uninvents
  6. uninversion
  7. uninvert
  8. uninverted
  9. uninvertible
  10. uninverting
  11. uninverts

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