Speakur

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preaching to deaf ears

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
preach-ing -to deaf- ears
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of preach to deaf ears

Questions

What does preaching to deaf ears mean?
present participle and gerund of preach to deaf ears

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