Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unforce

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-force
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The lack or absence of force; forcelessness.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Force and unforce — the carrying along with of withdrawal."
"The steretic alteration of force into unforce is accordingly of a different kind from, say, the turn from movement toward rest, not only because force and movement are different according to their particular content but because the proper possessive character of force is more inwardly bound up with loss and withdrawal."
"Nietzsche's approach to language as the medium of such forces (and unforces), and his interrogation of the connection ... is also accompanied by an unforce that must be felt in Kant's writing even as it remains (perhaps aptly) unstressed."

Etymology

From un- (“lack or absence of”) + force.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Inflected Forms

unforces (plural)

Questions

What does unforce mean?: The lack or absence of force; forcelessness.
Where does unforce come from?: From un- (“lack or absence of”) + force.

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