privative

/ˈprɪvətɪv/

noun

  1. 1

    Something that causes privation or indicates an absence

adjective

  1. 1

    Causing privation; depriving

  2. 2

    Consisting in the absence of something; negative

  3. 3

    (grammar) indicating the absence of something

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