Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfatherlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-fa-ther-like
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not befitting a father.

Etymology

From un- + fatherlike.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unfatherlike (comparative) most unfatherlike (superlative)

Questions

What does unfatherlike mean?
Not befitting a father.
Where does unfatherlike come from?
From un- + fatherlike.

How to pronounce unfatherlike

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