Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

accident of birth

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: ac-ci-den-t of birth
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fact, situation, or personal characteristic, which may be desirable or undesirable, resulting from the circumstances into which a person was born, and which is therefore entirely beyond their control.

Example Sentences

"[H]e said to himself that he was a very good-looking man, and could have adorned a much higher sphere in life than that in which the accident of birth had placed him."
""You're no brother of mine," she broke in. "At most it is an accident of birth I disown. I'll have no relationship with you of any sort.""
"An accident of birth had made him a citizen of the United States—his father having owned a ranch which lay north instead of south of the Rio Grande."

Inflected Forms

accidents of birth (plural)

Questions

What does accident of birth mean?: A fact, situation, or personal characteristic, which may be desirable or undesirable, resulting from the circumstances into which a person was born, and which is therefore entirely beyond their control.

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