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An unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. [1] Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym , with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite.
[with] the defendant being absent: Legal phrase denoting action "in the absence of the accused". absit iniuria: absent from injury: i.e., "no offense", meaning to wish that no insult or injury be presumed or done by the speaker's words. Also rendered as absit iniuria verbis ("let injury be absent from these words"). cf. absit invidia. absit invidia
The formal cause of a change or movement. This is a change or movement caused by the arrangement, shape, or appearance of the thing changing or moving. Aristotle says, for example, that the ratio 2:1, and number in general, is the formal cause of the octave. Efficient, or agent The efficient or moving cause of a change or movement.
A formal statement of fact. / ˌ æ f ɪ ˈ d eɪ v ɪ t / allocatur: it is allowed Generally, a statement from a court that a writ is allowed (i.e. granted); most commonly, a grant of leave to appeal by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in reference to which the word is used equivalently to certiorari (q.v.) elsewhere. / ˌ æ l l oʊ k eɪ t ...
N/A (or sometimes n/a or N.A.) is a common abbreviation in tables and lists for the phrase not applicable, [1] [2] [3] [4] not available, [3] [4] not assessed, [5] or ...
A United States wartime poster deprecating absence. According to the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice, desertion is defined as: (a) Any member of the armed forces who– (1) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently;
Wham! did polarize opinion from the word go, so we were used to that. On balance, we seemed to attract more positive than negative stuff. It certainly wasn’t a motivational part of writing the song.
The word is wasei-eigo, a loan word from the English language. In Kazakh, it is officially called айқұлақ (aıqulaq, 'moon's ear'). In Korean, it is called golbaeng-i (골뱅이, meaning 'whelk'), a dialectal form of whelk. In Kurdish, it is at or et (Latin Hawar script), ئەت (Perso-Arabic Sorani script) coming from the English word at.