Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

makes the perfect the enemy of the good

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: makes the per-fec-t the en-e-my of the -good
IPA

64

Scrabble Score

32

Letters

6

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of make the perfect the enemy of the good

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What does makes the perfect the enemy of the good mean?: third-person singular simple present indicative of make the perfect the enemy of the good

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