Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

non-life-threatening

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: non-life-threat-en-ing
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not endangering the continued life of the subject.

Example Sentences

"The vast majority of our patients are people who want transportation to the hospital for non-life-threatening problems."

Etymology

From non- + life-threatening.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non-
Suffix: life-threatening

Questions

What does non-life-threatening mean?: Not endangering the continued life of the subject.
Where does non-life-threatening come from?: From non- + life-threatening.

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