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underived

[uhn-di-rahyvd]
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adjective

not derived; fundamental, as an axiom or postulate; immediate.

Origin of underived

1620–30; un-1 + derived
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Related Words for underived

initial, authentic, archaic, primordial, basic, pristine, primeval, undeveloped, major, paramount, integral, crucial, indispensable, constitutional, elemental, theoretical, underlying, necessary, vital, significant

Examples from the Web for underived

Historical Examples of underived

  • New forms of dead matter may be derived, but new living forms are underived.

    Evolution

    Joseph Le Conte

  • Empedocles had believed in four ultimate and underived kinds of matter.

  • They are absolute and independent, underived and unoriginated—the essential qualities of my nature.

  • The old kindliness must be transplanted to a fresh soil if it were to blossom into a life self-sufficient and underived.

    Second String

    Anthony Hope

  • The mind, through its original and underived thinking, is itself the pattern (Urbild) of such a synthesis.