Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unretarding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-re-tard-ing
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not slowing down or hindering.

Example Sentences

"That highly archaic and biblical element, which William Morris often mixed, with as lovely and unretarding an effect as Spenser, into his own English, Powell uses much more lightly and sparingly."

Etymology

From un- + retarding.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Questions

What does unretarding mean?: Not slowing down or hindering.
Where does unretarding come from?: From un- + retarding.

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