Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underassertive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-assertive
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Insufficiently assertive.

Example Sentences

"This problem multiplies even more as Hart and Blackmon report: “Clinical experience shows that underassertive and excessively overassertive ministers are much more likely to suffer from depression, burnout, helplessness and especially problems with anger and resentment.""
"I once heard someone offer an underassertive friend a favor and the friend said no in such a roundabout fashion that the person actually thought she'd said yes, and did it anyway."
"Some people are underassertive in almost every kind of social situation, whereas others behave overassertively in social encounters."

Etymology

From under- + assertive.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Inflected Forms

more underassertive (comparative) most underassertive (superlative)

Derived Forms

underassertively

Questions

What does underassertive mean?: Insufficiently assertive.
Where does underassertive come from?: From under- + assertive.

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