English Explanatory Dictionary

accidental gap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A potential word, word sense, morpheme, or other form that does not exist in some language despite the fact that it would be permissible by the grammatical rules of that language.

Word forms

accidental gap accidental gaps

Synonyms

lexical gap

Related words

hapax legomenon nonword pseudoword
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