Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unstraightforward

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-straight-for-ward
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.

Example Sentences

"…blame attaches solely to the Liberal Government then in power, for its tortuous and unstraightforward policy."
"…I have been no kinder to IBM concerning IBM's abandonment of OS/2 (which is, in fact, what IBM is doing despite a superficial pretense at "continuing to support and enhance" the product) than I was concerning Microsoft's equally unstraightforward abandonment of OS/2 the winter of '90/'91."
"The answer I will suggest to both questions is “yes,” although in rather surprising and unstraightforward ways."

Etymology

From un- + straightforward.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unstraightforward (comparative) most unstraightforward (superlative)

Derived Forms

unstraightforwardly unstraightforwardness

Questions

What does unstraightforward mean?: Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
Where does unstraightforward come from?: From un- + straightforward.

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