uninflected
/ˌʌnɪnˈflɛktɪd/
adjective
- Not changing form to show grammatical relationships such as tense, number, or case; having no inflections.
- In English, the word 'sheep' is uninflected in the plural, staying the same as the singular.
- Some languages rely on word order rather than uninflected forms to show meaning.
- The teacher explained that 'must' is an uninflected verb, never changing for person or tense.
- Spoken without changes in pitch or tone; monotonous.
- Her uninflected reading of the poem drained all emotion from the words.
- He delivered the news in an uninflected tone, revealing nothing about how he felt.
- The robot spoke in a flat, uninflected voice that made it hard to tell if it was happy or sad.
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