What does tenseless mean?
Tenseless means Lacking grammatical tense.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Lacking grammatical tense.
Those who endorse the A-theory of time, for example, often attempt to show that tense is ineliminable, i. e., it is impossible to adequately paraphrase tensed sentences into tenseless ones.
Use tenseless when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tenseless means Lacking grammatical tense.
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Those who endorse the A-theory of time, for example, often attempt to show that tense is ineliminable, i. e., it is impossible to adequately paraphrase tensed sentences into tenseless ones.
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