Hay adjetivos cortos (monosílabos o bisílabos fonéticos) que no tienen FORMA -ER ni -EST, a saber:
| annual | annualer | annualest | anual |
| daily | dailier | dailiest | diario |
| gilt | gilter | giltest | dorado |
| wooden | woodener | woodenest | de madera |
| cried | crieder | criedest | llorado |
| died | dieder | diedest | muerto |
| fled | fleder | fledest | huido |
| honed | honeder | honedest | afilado |
| mixed | mixeder | mixedest | mezclado |
| pricked | prickeder | prickedest | pinchado |
| famed | fameder | famedest | famoso |
| just | juster | justest | justo |
| like | likker | likkest | similar |
| prime | primer | primest | primero |
| real | realer | realest | real |
| right | righter | rightest | correcto |
| worth | worther | wortherst | valioso |
| wrong | wronger | wrongest | erróneo |