Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noninitiative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-ini-tia-tive
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In which voter initiatives cannot be brought to the ballot.

Example Sentences

"The second row shows that initiative states fill more constitutional offices by election than noninitiative states, and the difference is statistically significant after controlling for region and population."

Etymology

From non- + initiative.

Antonyms

initiative

Questions

What does noninitiative mean?: In which voter initiatives cannot be brought to the ballot.
Where does noninitiative come from?: From non- + initiative.

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