unprefixed

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To have no prefix at the start of a word

adjective
/ʌnˈprɛfɪkst/

Specialized

: sin prefijo

Examples

Put in another way, the long-term trend is unquestionably toward the elimination of forms with meaningless prefixes in favor of the unprefixed counterparts.

Academic text (2000)
In XML, an unprefixed element name does not include a namespace prefix.
When using CSS, you can apply styles to an unprefixed property for better browser compatibility.
An unprefixed version of the HTML tag is simpler and easier to read.

Surface Forms

unprefixed positive

Morphology

unprefixed = prefixed (transparent) = un + prefix + ed

Formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'prefixed' (itself 'prefix' + -ed), so learners who know 'prefix' and 'un-' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Unprefixed breaks into un- meaning 'not' and prefix meaning 'something attached before', and prefix comes from pre- 'before' and fix 'attach'. So unprefixed means 'not having a prefix' or simply 'not having something added at the beginning'.