nonaffixed

Having no affixes; composed of a single morpheme.

The Manelis and Tharp ( 1977 ) investigation failed to find a difference between affixed and nonaffixed words in either direction, a result that favored the independent entries hypothesis over either version of the decompositional hypothesis.

Other nonaffixed polysyllabic words (words of more than one syllable with neither a prefix nor a suffix) are generally stressed initially also, when they are of Germanic origin.

Not a fixture; not built in.

Observing that nonaffixed articles have been held to be constructively annexed only when they are essential to the purpose of predominant fixtures and concluding that the boxes were not essential to the operation of the vault or the building, the District Court of Appeal held that the boxes and their metal con- tainers were personal property and, therefore, exempt from property taxation under Section 16, Article XIII of the California Constitution which provides an "in lieu" tax for banks.

No case has been cited to us or has been found as a result of our study which would justify departure in this situation from the universal rule denying compensation for movable, nonaffixed personal property on condemned realty.

Detached; unconnected.

More likely, the existence of this diverse group show in Frankfurt in September 1967 illustrates an early engagement by European artists with loose materials composed of nonaffixed elements (whether natural or not) —what in New York in a few years would be named Postminimalism .

This habit of Mencken's stood the Library in good stead, for all nonaffixed correspondence with twentieth-century authors was left to the New York Public Library, restricted until January 31, 1971.