underived
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of underived
First recorded in 1620–30; un- 1 + derived ( def. )
Example Sentences
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In the first place, a large number of rocks may be described as original or underived, for it is not possible to trace them back to any earlier source.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
The youth is seeking for himself a purely human merit, indigenous and underived.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick
Jehovah, in its literal grammatical signification, puts emphasis upon the absolute, underived, and therefore unlimited, unconditioned, unchangeable, eternal being of God.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
I gather all that I would desire to say into three points: 'that Light' and its witnesses; the underived Light and the kindled lamps; the undying Light and the lamps that go out.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Alexander Maclaren
The simple and underived character of the moral faculty is maintained because of the superior authority attached to what is natural, as opposed to what is merely conventional.
From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain
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