Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpugnacious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-pug-na-cious
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not pugnacious.

Example Sentences

"Arthur was elected to replace the unpugnacious Nora Lewin (Dianne Wiest ), a liberal law professor who was skittish about capital punishment and clashed with more aggressive prosecutors."

Etymology

From un- + pugnacious.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unpugnacious (comparative) most unpugnacious (superlative)

Questions

What does unpugnacious mean?: Not pugnacious.
Where does unpugnacious come from?: From un- + pugnacious.

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