underived

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Mrs. Meredith and Rowan and the clergyman were left with the father and the children, and with an unexampled wedding collation—one of Pansy's underived masterpieces.

From The Mettle of the Pasture by Allen, James Lane

In the first place, a large number of rocks may be described as original or underived, for it is not possible to trace them back to any earlier source.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

The love on either side is on one side spontaneous and underived, and on the other side is secondary and evoked, but it is love on both sides.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander

I gather all that I would desire to say into three points: 'that Light' and its witnesses; the underived Light and the kindled lamps; the undying Light and the lamps that go out.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander

The simple and underived character of the moral faculty is maintained because of the superior authority attached to what is natural, as opposed to what is merely conventional.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander