Word: untenured
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: un
te
nured
Definition: Lacking tenure (permanence at an academic job).
Morphemes:
Affix: un-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: absent; lacking; not; negative
Affix: tenure
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.