Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

not so hot

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.13 in modern English

Syllables
not -so hot
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not very good.

Informal

adj

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, so, hot.

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

not-so-hot (alternative)

Rhymes With

not got lot a lot water lot shot hot cannot white-hot red-hot spot scott

Questions

What does not so hot mean?
Not very good.

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