<![CDATA[TIL about "orphaned negatives"—words like disgruntled, nonchalant, and innocent whose positive counterparts (gruntled, chalant, and nocent) have completely vanished from common usage.]]>TIL about "orphaned negatives"—words like disgruntled, nonchalant, and innocent whose positive counterparts (gruntled, chalant, and nocent) have completely vanished from common usage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unpaired_word

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1t0pkuq/til_about_orphaned_negativeswords_like/

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