Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonactable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-actable
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"In classifying epics, in effect, as nonactable forms of tragedy, Aristotle was following in the footsteps of Plato in the Theaetetus, where Socrates remarks that the chief poets in the two kinds of poetry are Epicharmus in comedy and Homer in tragedy."
"This distinction between nonactable and actable actions echoes our earlier distinction between showing and telling."
"It is time to stop paying attention to nonactable suggestions and begin to define the character."

Etymology

From non- + actable.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Questions

What does nonactable mean?: Not actable.
Where does nonactable come from?: From non- + actable.

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