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🌍 Not integrated 🍽️ Not absorbed 🔤 Not adapted
unassimilated

unassimilated

8.8
Not changed to fit a language's sounds or grammar
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnəˈsɪməˌleɪtɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no asimilado
  • Some words in English remain unassimilated and keep their original spelling and pronunciation.

Examples

  • The linguist studied several unassimilated terms borrowed from French and German.

  • Many unassimilated expressions are still used in specialized scientific fields.

  • Some words are unassimilated.

  • Don't use unassimilated terms!

  • Many technical words remain unassimilated in their original language forms, making translation challenging.

  • The researchers focused on unassimilated phrases in the study of bilingual language acquisition.

  • Some dialects retain unassimilated words that showcase cultural heritage and history.

Synonyms

inassimilable
vsunassimilated
  • Specialized
9.7

Unable to change so it sounds like nearby sounds

is about not being adapted and keeping a foreign form or character
unassimilable
vsunassimilated
  • Specialized
9.6

Unable to change a sound to match nearby sounds when speaking

is about keeping a foreign form rather than general non-absorbability

How Assimilated

adapted
3.7
unassimilated
  • Specialized
8.8

Surface Forms

unassimilated positive

Morphology

unassimilated = assimilated (transparent) = un + assimilate + ed

The adjective is formed by negating the participle 'assimilated' with the productive prefix 'un-' to mean 'not assimilated' (not adapted to the language).

Etymology

Unassimilated comes from un- 'not' and assimilate 'make similar', a root you can see in the word similar. So, for language it means a word that does not change to fit the sounds and rules of the new language and keeps its foreign form.