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underived

[ uhn-di-rahyvd ]

/ ˌʌn dɪˈraɪvd /

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adjective

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

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Origin of underived

First recorded in 1620–30; un-¹ + derived

Words nearby underived

underhoused, underhung, underinsurance, underinsure, underinsured, underived, underkill, underlaid, underlap, underlay, underlayer

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How to use underived in a sentence

Swedenborg, for whom nature has no powers underived from spiritual sources, teaches that this vital power is the soul itself.
Happiness as Found in Forethought Minus Fearthought|Horace Fletcher
It affects to treat men as though their existence were underived, and independent of any Supreme Being.
A Defence of Virginia|Robert L. Dabney
He assumes the Nous and matter as existing from the beginning, side by side, as equally ultimate and underived principles.
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy|W. T. Stace
With the former, Buddha is intellectual essence, the efficient cause of all, and underived.
The Religions of Japan|William Elliot Griffis

No, he is something underived and utterly unprecedented, unique, a new soul.
Fantasia of the Unconscious|D. H. Lawrence