underived
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of underived
First recorded in 1620–30; un- 1 + derived ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Consciousness is, first, immediate consciousness, and its reference to the object accordingly the simple and underived certainty of it.
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The old kindliness must be transplanted to a fresh soil if it were to blossom into a life self-sufficient and underived.
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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.
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The youth is seeking for himself a purely human merit, indigenous and underived.
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Empedocles had believed in four ultimate and underived kinds of matter.
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