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How many morphemes in the word desirability?

Let's break down the word "desirability" to find its morphemes:

* desir - This is the root morpheme, meaning "to desire".

* able - This is a suffix meaning "capable of" or "fit for".

* -ity - This is a suffix meaning "state or quality of".

Therefore, "desirability" has three morphemes.

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