unstrandable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ strandable.

Adjective

unstrandable (comparative more unstrandable, superlative most unstrandable)

2. (grammar, of a word or phrase) Not able to be left without an expressed complement adjacent to it.

   Antonym: strandable

   • 2016, Andrew Radford, Analysing English Sentences, second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 143:

     Unstrandable function words include the determiners and quantifiers that introduce nominal constituents, and the complementisers that introduce clauses.

Related terms

• strandability
• stranding