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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Uncouth. I hate words with prefixes that have no associated word that does not have the prefix. I will note that "couth" now exists in some dictionaries, with the notation that it is a back-formation from uncouth.
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With words like that (uncouth, ruthless etc...) usually the word which doesn't exist (eg ruth(meaning compation)) is a word which has fallen out of use while the version with the prefix is still used.