Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unimpassive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: unim-pas-sive
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Jack was called plucky, and he was, but it took all the strength of will that the slim, resolute engineer possessed, to hold him to his purpose, when he faced about and surveyed the unimpassive faces which compassed him."
"Yet the lecturer exhibited no sign of physical emotion, used no gesture, and the unimpassive face with the veiled eye added infinitely to the solemnity of the discourse, which seemed hieratic and liturgical rather than oratorical."

Etymology

From un- + impassive.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unimpassive (comparative) most unimpassive (superlative)

Questions

What does unimpassive mean?: Not impassive.
Where does unimpassive come from?: From un- + impassive.

How to pronounce unimpassive

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