Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uninstinctive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: unin-stinc-tive
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not instinctive or lacking instinct.

Example Sentences

"The pitch of perfection is the human head, free of the fire of joy and of sorrow; neither haughty nor bowed down beneath the arch of the blue sky, so still the gaze that it leaves on the uninstinctive horses, on the tree of no natural growth."

Etymology

From un- + instinctive.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Questions

What does uninstinctive mean?: Not instinctive or lacking instinct.
Where does uninstinctive come from?: From un- + instinctive.

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