How many English prefixes can you come up with that have a negative, or opposite meaning, for example, 'anti' - as in 'antibiotic'?
I can think of 10 (including the one above), but maybe you can come up with more!
un / unbiased
de / desaturated
mis / misunderstood
il/illegal ( ~ )
+anti
ErinEsl
I hope you can find many of these.
The List would be very beneficial. I have no list but could use it.
In addition to Oussama's answer:
im / impossible
under / underestimated, undergraduated
ir / irrational, irrelevant
in / inactive, inefficient
I'm not sure about this one thoug:
ab / abnormal
Great work!
Here's my list of common negative prefixes:
in-(intolerant), un-(unintentional), non-(nonconformist), de-(destabilize), dis-(disarm), a-(atypical), anti-(antiobiotics), im-(impatient), il-(illiterate), and ir-(irresponsible).
ab- (from Latin) works too, as in apart or away from. Thanks, Oussama!
Plus under- from Valentin.
That makes 12!
Any more?
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