atelic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience instead of the end accomplishment or goal.
  2. Not tending nor directed toward a goal or specific end.
  3. That expresses lacking an end, resolution, or finite purpose.
  4. That expresses the imperfective aspect.

Word forms

atelic

Etymology

From a- + telic.

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Derived words

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