atelic
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]atelic (not comparable)
- Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience instead of the end accomplishment or goal.
- Not tending nor directed toward a goal or specific end.
- (grammar) That expresses lacking an end, resolution, or finite purpose.
- (linguistics) That expresses the imperfective aspect.