Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unshavenness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-shaven-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being unshaven.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"After half a minute or so there was a shuffle of feet outside. The door was opened, and a head appeared. It was a small head with a tweed cap on the top of it. It had a stringy-looking choker beneath and a dark unshavenness across its face."
"Clark disliked the general state of unshavenness, partly for aesthetic reasons and partly because he was a believer in the broken-windows theory of urban-crime management, the way the appearance of dereliction can pave the way for more serious crimes."

Etymology

From unshaven + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: unshaven

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does unshavenness mean?: The quality of being unshaven.
Where does unshavenness come from?: From unshaven + -ness.

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