privative adjective

== English == === Noun === privative adjective (plural privative adjectives) (grammar) An adjective indicating that a noun refers to an object that is not of the class which that noun ordinarily refers to. Hypernyms: adjective < word < term (grammar) An adjective indicating that a noun lacks some other noun, or a quality of that noun; usually formed in English by the affixation of the suffix -less or suffixoid -free to the noun that is absent. Antonym: possessional adjective Hypernyms: adjective < word < term ‎finger + ‎-less → ‎fingerless ‎hope + ‎-less → ‎hopeless ‎heart + ‎-less → ‎heartless ‎sugar + ‎-free → ‎sugar-free ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ====