Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unheired

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-heired
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

without an heir; heirless.

Example Sentences

"to leave him utterly unheired"
"Though Joanna and Andreas had consummated their marriage, it would have been ridiculous for a queen to remain unmarried and unheired. Joanna aimed to put herself back on the royal marriage market."

Etymology

From un- + heir + -ed.

Homonyms

unaired

Questions

What does unheired mean?: without an heir; heirless.
Where does unheired come from?: From un- + heir + -ed.

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