Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

live under a rock

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

Syllables: live un-der a rock
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To live in isolation: to live hermetically (especially, hermitically); thus, to be unaware of or be oblivious to common knowledge; to be isolated from knowledge of current events.

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see live, under, rock.

Example Sentences

"Of course I know about Looney Tunes, SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Simpsons. I do not live under a rock."
"Eventually their misanthropy got so bad that they built a ferroconcrete underground home in the farthest boondocks of North Dakota so that they could literally live under a rock."

Inflected Forms

lives under a rock (present, singular) living under a rock (participle, present) lived under a rock (participle, past) lived under a rock (past)

Questions

What does live under a rock mean?: To live in isolation: to live hermetically (especially, hermitically); thus, to be unaware of or be oblivious to common knowledge; to be isolated from knowledge of current events.

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