Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unexciting

/ənɪksˈaɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: un-ex-cit-ing
IPA: /ənɪksˈaɪtɪŋ/

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Plain and unexciting, perhaps, but they are solid, well cooked, appetising and filling, and moreover cheap."
"B. Wooster: Of all the places on this great planet of ours, West Neck, Long Island, has chosen to be the most unexciting. The last time anything remotely interesting happened here was in 1842, when a tree fell over. They still talk about it in the village."

Etymology

From un- + exciting.

Inflected Forms

more unexciting (comparative) most unexciting (superlative)

Derived Forms

unexcitingly unexcitingness

Synonyms

unstimulating

Rhymes With

writing fighting exciting lighting citing inviting biting uniting sighting inciting rewriting underwriting

Questions

How do you pronounce unexciting?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənɪksˈaɪtɪŋ/.
What does unexciting mean?: Not exciting.
Where does unexciting come from?: From un- + exciting.

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