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UNDERIVED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does underived mean?
• UNDERIVED (adjective)
The adjective UNDERIVED has 1 sense:
1. not derived; primary or simple
Familiarity information: UNDERIVED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not derived; primary or simple
Similar:
original (not derived or copied or translated from something else)
primary (not derived from or reducible to something else; basic)
Antonym:
derived (formed or developed from something else; not original)
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