Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncontemptuous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-con-temp-tu-ous
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not contemptuous.

Etymology

From un- + contemptuous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more uncontemptuous (comparative) most uncontemptuous (superlative)

Derived Forms

uncontemptuously

Questions

What does uncontemptuous mean?
Not contemptuous.
Where does uncontemptuous come from?
From un- + contemptuous.

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