Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hung in the balance

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables
hung in the bal-ance
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does hung in the balance mean?
simple past and past participle of hang in the balance

How to pronounce hung in the balance

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