Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hiplessness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hip-less-ness
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Absence of hips.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It remains the forgotten borough; even the success of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan did not remove the island’s seemingly impenetrable veneer of hiplessness."

Etymology

From hipless + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hipless

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does hiplessness mean?: Absence of hips.
Where does hiplessness come from?: From hipless + -ness.

How to pronounce hiplessness

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