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in-
prefix (before l il-, before b, m or p im-, before r ir-) /ɪn-/Definition
› used to add the meaning 'not', 'lacking', or 'the opposite of' to adjectives and to words formed from adjectives: incomplete/incompletely illegal/illegally impossible/impossibly irregular/irregularly → Compare dis-, non-, un-Yes, no and not
(Definition of in- prefix from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- absolutely adverb
- aye adverb
- check exclamation
- do bears shit in the woods? idiom
- hear, hear! idiom
- is the Pope a Catholic? idiom
- less determiner, pronoun, adverb
- nay adverb (NO)
- negative adjective (NO)
- negative noun (NO)
- no fear! idiom
- no such luck idiom
- no way idiom
- non- prefix
- none the worse, better, richer, etc. idiom
- nope adverb
- not that I know of idiom
- yah adverb
- yeh adverb
- yep adverb
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