Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unrecent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-re-cent
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"[…] the past seemingly far removed from a not unrecent time when being sent to Ionia was synonymous with a life sentence of electrotherapy, straightjackets, and padded cells."

Etymology

From un- + recent.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unrecent (comparative) most unrecent (superlative)

Questions

What does unrecent mean?: Not recent.
Where does unrecent come from?: From un- + recent.

How to pronounce unrecent

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