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underived

[ uhn-di-rahyvd ]

/ ˌʌn dɪˈraɪvd /

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adjective

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

Origin of underived

1620–30; un-¹ + derived

Words nearby underived

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

Example sentences from the Web for underived

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

A Critical History of Greek Philosophy |W. T. Stace
They are absolute, and independent, underived, and unoriginated—the essential qualities of my nature.

Christmas Evans |Paxton Hood
With the former, Buddha is intellectual essence, the efficient cause of all, and underived.

The Religions of Japan |William Elliot Griffis
It affects to treat men as though their existence were underived, and independent of any Supreme Being.

A Defence of Virginia |Robert L. Dabney

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