adjective
- not capable of being declined or inflected for case, number, or gender
Usage: grammar
Examples
- In English, most adjectives are indeclinable and do not change form.
- The word ‘sheep’ is indeclinable for number in English.
- Many adverbs are indeclinable in most languages.
- Prepositions are typically indeclinable words.
- The teacher explained that some nouns are indeclinable.
- Latin has both declinable and indeclinable words.