unstrandable

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adjective

Not able to be left without an expressed complement adjacent to it.

Opposite
strandable
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Meanings

adjectiveunstrandable (comparative more unstrandable, superlative most unstrandable)

comparative more unstrandable · superlative most unstrandable

  1. grammarNot able to be left without an expressed complement adjacent to it.

    Unstrandable function words include the determiners and quantifiers that introduce nominal constituents, and the complementisers that introduce clauses.

    2016, Andrew Radford, Analysing English Sentences, second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 143

    Antonyms: strandable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot able to be left without an expressed complement adjacent to it.

Opposite
strandable

Origin

From un- + strandable.

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Cite this entry
APA

unstrandable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstrandable

MLA

“unstrandable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstrandable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unstrandable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstrandable.

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