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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underequipped

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-equipped
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking sufficient equipment

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English equipped English underequipped From under- + equipped.

Inflected Forms

more underequipped (comparative) most underequipped (superlative)

Questions

What does underequipped mean?
Lacking sufficient equipment
Where does underequipped come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English equipped English underequipped From under- + equipped.

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