Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unassisted

/ˌʌnəsˈɪstɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: unas-sist-ed
IPA: /ˌʌnəsˈɪstɪd/

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not assisted; without assistance

adv

Without assistance.

Example Sentences

"Moran did not support these women, nor did she believe that women should catch their own babies in an unassisted birth."
"Imagine if children never got any feedback, such as praise and encouragement, as they learnt to walk and only received it when they could walk unassisted."
"[…] he would go alone to the quarry, collect a load of broken stone, and drag it down to the site of the windmill unassisted."

Etymology

From un- + assisted.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unassisted (comparative) most unassisted (superlative)

Phrases

unassisted suicide

Synonyms

unassistedly single-handed unbacked

Rhymes With

assisted twisted enlisted resisted persisted unlisted fisted delisted tightfisted preexisted

Questions

How do you pronounce unassisted?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌnəsˈɪstɪd/.
What does unassisted mean?: Not assisted; without assistance
Where does unassisted come from?: From un- + assisted.

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