Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rationless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ra-tion-less
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without rations.

Example Sentences

"The wagons stood out in the hot sun until the mush fermented and soured, and had to be thrown away, while we went rationless to bed, and rose the next day with more than usually empty stomachs[…]"

Etymology

From ration + -less. Piecewise doublet of ratioless and reasonless.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ration

Questions

What does rationless mean?: Without rations.
Where does rationless come from?: From ration + -less. Piecewise doublet of ratioless and reasonless.

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