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How many bound morphemes are in beautiful?

There is one bound morpheme in the word "beautiful".

Here's why:

* "Beau" is the root morpheme, meaning "handsome" or "fine." It's a free morpheme, meaning it can stand alone as a word.

* "-tiful" is the bound morpheme, meaning "full of" or "having the quality of". It cannot stand alone as a word and must be attached to a root morpheme.

Therefore, "beautiful" has one bound morpheme.

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