underived

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Empedocles had believed in four ultimate and underived kinds of matter.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

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

If their rights are inherent and underived, they may, by their own suffrages, encircle, with a diadem, the brows of Mr. Cushing.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Johnson, Samuel

With the former, Buddha is intellectual essence, the efficient cause of all, and underived.

From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot