The mysterious case of the "lost positive"

Welcome to the world of the LOST POSITIVE. Lost positives are the extinct words that only remain in our language in their negative form. Could you ever be ruthful, feckful or gormful, just as you can be ruthless, feckless and gormless today? Is "chalant" the opposite of nonchalant? If you're not disgruntled are you "gruntled"? Find out as I explore a wide range of lost positives (and a handful of imposters).

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==CHAPTERS==
0:00 What are lost positives?
0:59 INNOCENT / NOCENT
1:30 Susie Dent!!
2:58 RUTHLESS / RUTHFUL
3:38 FECKFUL / FECKLESS
4:46 GORMLESS / GORMFUL
5:49 WHELMED
6:38 INFLAMMABLE / FLAMMABLE
7:11 DISGRUNTLED / GRUNTLED
8:50 NONCHALANT / CHALANT
10:30 UNKEMPT / KEMPT
11:44 UNCOUTH / COUTH
12:58 UNRULY / RULY
13:20 INEPT / EPT
14:36 INCESSANT / CESSANT
14:53 INEVITABLE / EVITABLE
15:12 UNWIELDY / WIELDY
15:32 INDEFATIGABLE / DEFATIGABLE