Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unacting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-act-ing
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That does not take action.

verb

present participle and gerund of unact

Example Sentences

"While he himself was the embodiment of the masculine, spiritual Purusa — which, rather strikingly, he now interprets as passive and unacting — […]"

Etymology

From un- + acting.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Questions

What does unacting mean?: That does not take action.
Where does unacting come from?: From un- + acting.

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