unput
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
undone or apart; in a state of disarray
Example Sentences
- "I really don't know how it is that my clothes always manage to come unput. Other girls look as smart and neat as a new pin all the time; my dresses and overalls get on one side immediately; all my buttons come undone […]"
- "Nevertheless, here it all was, cast, pressed and spun, with plastic handles, wooden handles or metal handles, warranted by optimistic manufacturers never to get too hot, and never to come unput."
- "I saw the solid world come unput at our feet. I didn't see the logic: how you would leave behind friends, family, a fixed address, even your books, until one tactful line in the Hatched-Matched-and-Despatched: Died Suddenly."
Etymology
From un- + put.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un