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(non-productive) Added to adjectives to mean not / (non-productive) Added to nouns to mean lacking or without

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in-

Source Word

in-

Prefix

morpheme

(non-productive) Added to adjectives to mean not / (non-productive) Added to nouns to mean lacking or without

Japanese Meaning

（形容詞に付加して）〜でない、〜ではない / （名詞に付加して）〜を欠く、〜のない

The linguist noted that in- is a non-productive prefix attached to adjectives to indicate negation.

言語学者は、接頭辞「不」が形容詞に付いて否定を示す非生産的な接頭辞であると指摘した。

Sense（1）

(non-productive) Added to adjectives to mean not

inedible

Sense（2）

(non-productive) Added to nouns to mean lacking or without

incredulity