Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unwantedness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-want-ed-ness
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being unwanted.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"By kindergarten, Lisa had internalized her unwantedness and begun “to feel there was something gross and shameful about me,” as if she were “wormy inside, like I’d caught whatever disease or larvae were passed through raw eggs and flour when I snuck raw cookie dough.”"

Etymology

From unwanted + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does unwantedness mean?: The state or quality of being unwanted.
Where does unwantedness come from?: From unwanted + -ness.

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