trouble-free
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Without trouble.
Example Sentences
- "The construction of the bridge was trouble-free."
- "Since then we have had the unfortunate failure of a lubricating oil-pump on the diesel hauling the down "Fenman" on the Great Eastern Line, the subject of vast newspaper publicity because the Queen, who was on the train, was delayed an hour on her journey - and this, ironically, with a diesel of a type which has been as trouble-free as any other in the country."
Etymology
Etymology tree English trouble Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English -fre English -free English trouble-free From trouble + -free.