not derived; fundamental, as an axiom or postulate; immediate
Word origin
[1620–30; un-1 + derived]This word is first recorded in the period 1620–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: geometric, grommet, hotbed, midshipman, phosphorusun- is a prefix meaning “not,” freely used as an English formative, giving negative oropposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns (unfair; unfairly; unfairness; unfelt; unseen; unfitting; unformed; unheard-of; un-get-at-able), and less freely used in certain other nouns (unrest; unemployment)
Examples of 'underived' in a sentence
underived
These are treated as transforms of more underived constructions.
Lennart Lönngren 2010, 'Предложные фразы как предикаты в русском языке (Prepositional phrases as predicatesin Russian)', Poljarnyj Vestnik: Norwegian Journal of Slavic Studieshttps://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/vestnik/article/view/1260. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)