non-descriptive

See also: nondescriptive

English

Alternative forms

• nondescriptive

Etymology

From non- +‎ descriptive.

Adjective

non-descriptive (not comparable)

1. Not descriptive; failing to provide a description.
   • 1995, John Lyons, Linguistic Semantics‎^[1]:

     When it comes to expressive (or socio-expressive) meaning – and this is the only kind of non-descriptive meaning that we will take into account here – there is no readily available and reasonably objective criterion which enables us to decide between identity and difference.

Antonyms

• descriptive