adjective
- having no inflections; not changing form to show grammatical relationships such as tense, number, or case
Usage: linguistics; formal
Examples
- English nouns are largely inflectionless compared to Latin nouns.
- The linguist noted that the language had an inflectionless system of word order.
- Many modern languages have become increasingly inflectionless over time.
- Chinese is often cited as an example of an inflectionless language.
- The inflectionless nature of the dialect made it easier for learners to acquire.