Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unrequiring

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-re-quir-ing
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not requiring anything; undemanding.

verb

present participle and gerund of unrequire

Example Sentences

"If you did but know how easily we are satisfied, and what simple, unrequiring visitors we are, you would make no difficulty of lodging us."
"In great things he was simple and unrequiring, but he had a thousand small peculiarities; for instance, when travelling, he always wore a quantity of coats for the sake of the pockets he had got made in them."
"Moreover, the Sultan is the simplest and most unrequiring man in his dominions."
"Two pairs of eyes were regarding her—Rutherford's noncommittal and unrequiring, Michael's hungry, tragic, pleading."

Etymology

From un- + requiring.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unrequiring (comparative) most unrequiring (superlative)

Questions

What does unrequiring mean?: Not requiring anything; undemanding.
Where does unrequiring come from?: From un- + requiring.

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