Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

actless

/ˈæktləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: act-less
IPA: /ˈæktləs/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without action or spirit; inactive; without acts

Example Sentences

"I felt a certain shallow contempt for the emotionalism, the unreasoning bitterness and the actless anger of the soapbox radicals."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English actless From act + -less.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈæktləs/

Derived Forms

actlessness

Rhymes With

tactless

Questions

How do you pronounce actless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæktləs/.
What does actless mean?: Without action or spirit; inactive; without acts
Where does actless come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English actless From act + -less.

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