anticausitive

Example:In the sentence 'The door was unlocked,' the clause 'was unlocked' is an anticausitive clause.

Definition:A clause that expresses an action that was done to something without indicating the person who performed the action

Example:The sentence 'The restaurant was overbooked' uses an anticausitive construction, without the need to specify who caused the overbooking.

Definition:A sentence with an anticausitive clause, such as 'The pawnshop was robbed.'

Example:The verb 'to crack' in 'The nut cracked in half' is an example of an anticausitive verb.

Definition:A verb that is used in an anticausitive construction, indicating that an action was done to something