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Can you be gormful, wistless or ert? | UNPAIRED WORDS

Can you be gormful, wistless or ert? | UNPAIRED WORDS

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Join word nerds Jess and Rob as they uncover English's lost positives and orphaned negatives. Why can you be "nonchalant" but not "chalant"? If something perfect is "immaculate", what does it mean to be "maculate"? And if you're no longer "exasperated" are you therefore "asperated"? Find out in this edition of Words Unravelled.



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Can you be gormful, wistless or ert? | UNPAIRED WORDS

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