Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microlife

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-life
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Microorganisms collectively.

Uncountable

noun

A unit of risk representing half an hour change of life expectancy.

Countable

Example Sentences

"If you have unhealthy habits, it costs you microlives. If you smoke, each cigarette reduces your life expectancy on average by around 15 minutes, so two cigarettes loses you a microlife. […] And for every extra 5kg you are overweight, it will cost you around one microlife a day. […] If you survive your trip on the motorbike, then your micromort gets forgotten and you start the next day with a clean slate. But if you smoke and drink all day, and live on a fast-food diet, then your microlives will accumulate from day to day."

Etymology

From micro- + life.

Usage

Inflected Forms

microlives (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

micromort

Questions

What does microlife mean?: Microorganisms collectively.
Where does microlife come from?: From micro- + life.

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