showing an action or happening as being unfinished
2.
dreadful, revolting or repulsive
atelic in American English
(eɪˈtilɪk; eɪˈtɛlɪk)
adjective
Linguistics
imperfective
see also telic (sense 2)
Examples of 'atelic' in a sentence
atelic
In terms of temporal properties, these verbs display variable behaviour: they can refer to either telic or atelic situations.
Yeşim Aksan 2003, 'The Aktionsart Properties of State Change Verbs in Turkish', Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisihttp://dad.boun.edu.tr/download/article-file/224716. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)