Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unnews

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-news
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

News that is unnewsworthy.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] brand of what Orwell might have called 'unnews'."
"[…] six of the last ten World Series have gone the full seven games, and only the one-sided five-game victory of the Orioles over the Reds in 1970 ranked close to this year's affair as unnews."
"In the tumultuous autumn of 2005, as riots and car burnings raged through France, the contrasting calm in Marseille attracted little media attention; it was un-news."

Etymology

From un- + news.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un-

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

un-news (alternative)

Phrases

fake news

Frequently Paired Words

fake news

Questions

What does unnews mean?: News that is unnewsworthy.
Where does unnews come from?: From un- + news.

How to pronounce unnews

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