Understanding Designative and Undesignative Words in Language

Designative refers to a word or phrase that is used to describe or identify something. For example, the word "dog" is designative because it is used to refer to a specific animal.

Undesignative, on the other hand, refers to a word or phrase that does not provide any specific information or identification about the thing being referred to. For example, the phrase "a thing" is undesignative because it does not give any information about what kind of thing is being referred to.

In the context of your sentence, "undesignative" means that the word "thing" is not providing any specific information about the object being referred to, it's just a general term used to refer to anything.

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