Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meatlessness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: meat-less-ness
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Absence of meat.

Uncountable

noun

Abstention from meat; vegetarianism.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"My soup has the positive constitutive property of being carroty, of having carrots in it; of carrotiness; it has the negative constitutive property of lacking meat, of meatlessness."
"When Hoover's conservating pen / Cut down our steak and sausage ration / With one accord we cried "AMEN," / And meatlessness became the fashion."
"But though Mohandas found himself arguing with his friend in defense of meatlessness, he never seriously contemplated breaking the vow."

Etymology

From meatless + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: meatless

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does meatlessness mean?: Absence of meat.
Where does meatlessness come from?: From meatless + -ness.

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