Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpaternal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-pa-ter-nal
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not paternal; not befitting a father.

Etymology

From un- + paternal.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unpaternal (comparative) most unpaternal (superlative)

Derived Forms

unpaternally

Synonyms

unfatherly

Questions

What does unpaternal mean?
Not paternal; not befitting a father.
Where does unpaternal come from?
From un- + paternal.

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