Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minimizing

/mˈɪnəmˌaɪzɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: min-i-miz-ing
IPA: /mˈɪnəmˌaɪzɪŋ/

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of minimize

adj

Tending to minimize.

Example Sentences

"“It can be incredibly stressful to field questions from people who have the best of intentions but don’t know how their questions are landing or how they can feel minimizing or insensitive,” Dr. Kaeni said."

Inflected Forms

more minimizing (comparative) most minimizing (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce minimizing?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɪnəmˌaɪzɪŋ/.
What does minimizing mean?: present participle and gerund of minimize

How to pronounce minimizing

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