Negating prefixes
FoundationThe default negator for plain English words, especially adjectives and past participles.
When a word came into English from Latin, it usually takes in- instead. 'Unpossible' fails for the same reason 'injust' does — each word keeps the negator its own ancestry gave it.
| Word | Opposite |
|---|---|
| Willing | Unwilling |
| Just | Unjust |
| Assuming | Unassuming |
| Ruffled | Unruffled |
| Tenable | Untenable |
| Wieldy | Unwieldy |