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short-fetched

/ˈʃɔɹtfɛtʃt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables
short--fetched
IPA
/ˈʃɔɹtfɛtʃt/
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

shallow

Obsolete

adj

starting close to shore, shallow, recently formed

adj

very likely, easy to believe, obvious

Humorous

Etymology

From short + fetched.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈʃɔɹtfɛtʃt/
  • British English: /ˈʃɔːtfɛtʃt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more short-fetched (comparative) most short-fetched (superlative) short fetched (alternative) shortfetched (alternative)

Homonyms

short fetched

Rhymes With

short fetched ketched

Questions

How do you pronounce short-fetched?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɔɹtfɛtʃt/.
What does short-fetched mean?
shallow
Where does short-fetched come from?
From short + fetched.

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