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underived

underived

9.0
Not made from something else and usually the original form
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌndɪˈraɪvd/
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  • Her approach to art is underived, reflecting her own unique vision without influence from previous styles.

Examples

  • The concept of an underived language refers to a form that has not evolved from another language.

  • By contrast, "If we imagine ourselves as planetary accidents rather than global agents, planetary creatures rather than global entities, alterity remains underived from us; it is not our dialectical negation" (339).

    Academic text (2016)

  • In mathematics, some theorems are based on underived principles that are accepted as foundational.

Synonyms

underivative
vsunderived
9.9

Not copied from others and showing new ideas

is broader, meaning original or primary in simple form or nature
underivable
vsunderived
9.9

Something you cannot get from other facts or rules

focuses on being original or primary rather than impossibility of derivation

Antonyms

derived
4.8

Made from something else and not original

How Original

original
∞ 2.8
underived
9.0
derived
4.8

Surface Forms

underived positive

Morphology

underived = derived (transparent) = un + derive + ed

The word is transparently formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'derived'.

Etymology

Underived is formed from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the word derive meaning 'to come from', as in derive or derivative. So underived means 'not coming from something else', in other words original or simple.