privative adjective

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|grammar}} An [[adjective]] used to [[show]] that a [[noun]] [[refer]]s to something outside the [[category]] that the noun normally [[represent]]s.
2. {{lb|en|grammar}} An adjective indicating that a noun lacks some other noun, or a quality of that noun; usually formed in [[English]] by the [[affixation]] of the [[suffix]] {{m|en|-less}} or [[suffixoid]] {{m|en|-free}} to the noun that is absent.

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