Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unmincing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-minc-ing
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not speaking in a roundabout or vague manner; direct; blunt.

adj

Not walking with affectedly short steps.

Example Sentences

""If I don't have a care," reflected Lady Bell in alarm, and with the crude unmincing expression of opinion which belonged to her years and her generation, "I'll soon be as great a brute as Trevor.""
"He is a wonderful searcher of hearts and interpreter of motives, and in scathing, unmincing language he reveals the hidden folds of souls."
"We proceeded with an unmincing gait to the first main street and flagged down a taxi with an unspoken single agenda propelling the three of us — get out of Russia."

Etymology

From un- + mincing.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unmincing (comparative) most unmincing (superlative)

Questions

What does unmincing mean?: Not speaking in a roundabout or vague manner; direct; blunt.
Where does unmincing come from?: From un- + mincing.

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