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I've heard these called unpaired words, and the wiki has a bunch more examples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unpaired_word https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unpair
by agency 6y ago
I've heard these called unpaired words, and the wiki has a bunch more examples
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unpaired_word https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unpaired_word
- aarchi 6y agoA particularly useful one from that list: prepone - to reschedule to an earlier time The page on defective verbs is also interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defective_verb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defective_verb
- collyw 6y agoIs it really useful if many / most people will need to look it up in a dictionary?
- andy_ppp 6y agoHow do words come into existence at all?
- shawabawa3 6y agoFun fact, prepone is used commonly in Indian English