Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overshortening

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-short-en-ing
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of overshorten

noun

Excessive shortening

Uncountable

Etymology

From overshorten + -ing.

Usage

Questions

What does overshortening mean?
present participle and gerund of overshorten
Where does overshortening come from?
From overshorten + -ing.

How to pronounce overshortening

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