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adjectiveuntensed (not comparable)
- not comparablegrammarNot tensed.
The relevant point, though, is that there is a clear distinction between untensed and tensed clauses as far as the parasitic gap phenomenon is concerned[…]
1993, William J. Ashby, Linguistic Perspectives on the Romance Languages, page 251
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untensed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untensed
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“untensed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untensed. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untensed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untensed.
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