Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsupporting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-sup-port-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That serves no supporting purpose in a structure.

adj

Example Sentences

"The calculated shearing stress on the adjoining and unsupporting strata..."
"The table is deliberately confined to three of the factors, namely lack of intellectual ability, unsupporting home background, and personal factors."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English supporting English unsupporting From un- + supporting.

Questions

What does unsupporting mean?: That serves no supporting purpose in a structure.
Where does unsupporting come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English supporting English unsupporting From un- + supporting.

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