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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypercontracted

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per-con-tract-ed
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

excessively contracted

Etymology

From hyper- + contracted.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more hypercontracted (comparative) most hypercontracted (superlative)

Questions

What does hypercontracted mean?
excessively contracted
Where does hypercontracted come from?
From hyper- + contracted.

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