Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ununderstanding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-un-der-stand-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Failure to understand; incomprehension.

Uncountable

adj

Not understanding.

Example Sentences

"But how and why are hard to say or even see. There are cases of ununderstanding mediated by the use of special words but this is not apt to be one of them."
"Despite tiresome explications ununderstanding may be rife and rampant."
"Since the main problem in the default condition of ununderstanding is how to continue, PARRY employs heuristics such as changing the level of the dialogue and asking about the interviewer's intention..."
"...more sympathy with art than the ununderstanding, conceited and vulgar Archbishop of Salzburg..."
"With an ununderstanding wife and a physically handicapped daughter, he got on philosophically."

Etymology

From un- + understanding.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

more ununderstanding (comparative) most ununderstanding (superlative)

Derived Forms

ununderstandingly

Questions

What does ununderstanding mean?: Failure to understand; incomprehension.
Where does ununderstanding come from?: From un- + understanding.

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