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PAUCAL
Etymology
Adjective
paucal (not comparable)
Characterized by having a small number, greater than two, of (usually equivalent) components.
(grammar) pertaining to a language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial and plural.
Antonyms
• (few): multiple
Noun
paucal (uncountable)
(grammar) a language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial and plural.
Source: Wiktionary
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6 May 2025
HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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