Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ballotful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bal-lot-ful
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quantity of agenda items to be voted on.

Example Sentences

"There was a Senate seat at stake, and a ballotful of other business."
"With registration halting Saturday evening, absentee balloting nearing an end and candidates having their last week-end for campaigning, Twin Falls county voters will do some last-minute candidate and proposition studying before making a whole ballotful of decisions Tuesday in the 1962 general election."
"GOP Shuns a Ballotful of Issues"
"But lately, our fearless legislators have been coming up with entire ballotsful of proposals that everyone can hate at first glance."

Etymology

From ballot + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ballot

Inflected Forms

ballotsful (plural)

Questions

What does ballotful mean?: A quantity of agenda items to be voted on.
Where does ballotful come from?: From ballot + -ful.

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