unshepherdly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not shepherdly.
Example Sentences
- "No doubt a good deal could be said about the botany of a single blade of grass, but the flock is starving whilst the green pastures are interdicted by the fluent but most unshepherdly botanist."
- "[Bo Peep] is the tale of one who is originally a merely unfortunate shepherd but who soon becomes a wilful and deliberate loser of sheep, an unshepherdly shepherd."
- "Beginning with the opening command to Ezekiel to prophesy to the shepherds of Israel, the message is a tirade against their unshepherdly oppression of sheep who are now scattered without shepherds."
- "The old woman walked behind them waving them on like a shepherd, but cackling in the most unshepherdly manner."
Etymology
From un- + shepherdly.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un
Inflected Forms
more unshepherdly (comparative)
most unshepherdly (superlative)