Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nondetective

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-de-tec-tive
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not involving a detective (as many mystery novels do).

Example Sentences

"The closest character to Dupin in Poe's nondetective fiction is Roderick Usher in "The Fall of the House of Usher," that gothic nightmare of decadence..."

Etymology

From non- + detective.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Questions

What does nondetective mean?: Not involving a detective (as many mystery novels do).
Where does nondetective come from?: From non- + detective.

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