unattestability
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The unattestability of an alternative pronunciation [[…]] for disburse might at first sight be ascribed to the presence of /b/ rather than /g/ or /d/ after /s/."
- "Thus the gradation of the direct object provides an explanation for the unattestability of [ +derived / -specific ] direct objects in the language."
- "Moreover, there is no reason for excluding them from L other than their size-determined and creature-dependent unattestability which would not equally justify excluding any sentence at all from L.[…]Thus no linguist can ignore transfinite sentences on the grounds of their unattestability without equally ignoring almost all finite sentences."