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unbackable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-back-able
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That cannot or should not be backed, or supported in a contest, especially because the odds are unreasonably low.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English backable English unbackable From un- + backable.

Inflected Forms

more unbackable (comparative) most unbackable (superlative)

Phrases

unbackable favourite

Questions

What does unbackable mean?
That cannot or should not be backed, or supported in a contest, especially because the odds are unreasonably low.
Where does unbackable come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English backable English unbackable From un- + backable.

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