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inflected

adjective

Showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes)

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Word length
9
Starts with
I
Ends with
D
Contains
NF
Scrabble score
15

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adjective

  1. Showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes)

    “‘boys’ and ‘swam’ are inflected English words”

adjective

  1. (of the voice) altered in tone or pitch

    “His southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one”

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‘boys’ and ‘swam’ are inflected English words
German is an inflected language
His southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one

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