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non-gradable

adj

Etymology

From non- + gradable.

  1. derived from *gʰradʰ-✻
  2. derived from *graðus✻
  3. derived from gradus
  4. borrowed from grade
  5. suffixed as gradable — “grade + able”
  6. prefixed as non-gradable — “non + gradable”

Definitions

  1. That cannot be graded.

  2. (of an adjective) Describing a quality that cannot normally be varied because it is…

    (of an adjective) Describing a quality that cannot normally be varied because it is extreme (e.g. freezing), absolute (e.g. dead), or classification (e.g. nuclear).

  3. Any adjective that is not gradable.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA