Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

impermissive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
im-per-mis-sive
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not permissive.

Etymology

From im- + permissive.

Inflected Forms

more impermissive (comparative) most impermissive (superlative)

Derived Forms

impermissively impermissiveness

Questions

What does impermissive mean?
Not permissive.
Where does impermissive come from?
From im- + permissive.

How to pronounce impermissive

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