uninflected

adjective

un·​in·​flect·​ed ˌən-in-ˈflek-təd How to pronounce uninflected (audio)
: not having or marked by inflection : not inflected
a monotonous, uninflected voice
uninflected plurals

Examples of uninflected in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Others, particularly those associated with the Alt-Lit scene, were built out of deliberately flat or uninflected prose. John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 14 Mar. 2010 Haring made uninflected linear drawings almost exclusively glyphs and pictographs, like Paleolithic cave art with an agitated urban edge. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023 Because of her preternatural calm before the microphone, the uninflected, more-in-sadness-than-in-anger tone of her delivery, Hutchinson was often compared to John Dean, the White House counsel under Richard Nixon, who emerged from the Watergate hearings as the most memorable and decisive witness. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2022 The images are almost hypnotically uninflected. BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2021 See all Example Sentences for uninflected 

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Word History

First Known Use

1713, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of uninflected was in 1713

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“Uninflected.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninflected. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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