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unshirking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-shirk-ing
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not shirking; attentive to one's duty.

Etymology

From un- + shirking.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unshirking (comparative) most unshirking (superlative)

Questions

What does unshirking mean?
Not shirking; attentive to one's duty.
Where does unshirking come from?
From un- + shirking.

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