Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underattendance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-at-ten-dance
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Attendance too infrequently, or by too few.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] any honest student of conditions in rural churches is confronted by staggering and depressing statistics of overchurching and underattendance in some sections, and of entire lack of attendance due to no churching at all in others."
"The underattendance of boys at high schools was a cause of regular lament by all, including girl students who were left without escorts after school social functions."

Etymology

From under- + attendance.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does underattendance mean?: Attendance too infrequently, or by too few.
Where does underattendance come from?: From under- + attendance.

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