Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minutesworth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: min-utesworth
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one minute.

Example Sentences

"YOU ARE A COMMERCIAL: You may be selling soap, socks or sausages. Yours is a short life but a merry one — full of testimonials testifying, jingles jingling and slogans slogging. You may be a minutesworth of whys and wherefores, or a bright and breezy 7 seconder."
"With 30 minutesworth of labor, through trade, they get food that would take them 45 minutes of labor to produce at home."
"When, as happened several times that season, I was asked to address some particular topic, I would explain that as I hadn't five minutesworth to say just then on anything except my novel in progress"
"[F]ly wheels with storage times of a few minutes looked 'very promising' for small to medium-size systems and flywheels that could hold ten minutesworth or more were 'likely to be very helpful in multi-megawatt multi-diesel grids."

Etymology

From minute + -s- + -worth.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: minute
Suffix: -s-

Questions

What does minutesworth mean?: The amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one minute.
Where does minutesworth come from?: From minute + -s- + -worth.

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