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preverbal

British

/ ˌpriːˈvɜːbəl /

adjective

being before the development of speech

preverbal infants
grammar coming before the verb

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But based on their limited data, they said food aversion in young, preverbal children "should be a trigger to test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 infection."

From Reuters • Dec. 22, 2021

Of course, right now our child is preverbal, so this tiny linguistic difference isn’t even registering with them.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2019

Discerning preverbal operagoers need not fear: “BambinO” earned good reviews when it had its premiere last summer in Britain.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2018

But since when am I parenting a preverbal child?

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2016

“Because the audience is not all that verbal or even preverbal, it is important to tell the story visually,” he went on.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

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