Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonverbose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-ver-bose
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not verbose: not using or composed of very many words; terse, concise, or untalkative.

Example Sentences

"The researchers at Concordia University also found no difference in memory functioning between their verbose and nonverbose older participants..."
"The first example is the nonverbose output and the second shows verbose output."

Etymology

From non- + verbose.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Questions

What does nonverbose mean?: Not verbose: not using or composed of very many words; terse, concise, or untalkative.
Where does nonverbose come from?: From non- + verbose.

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