atelic

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6

Definition of atelic

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience instead of the end accomplishment or goal.
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adj

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

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Etymology

From a- + telic.

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