Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chinless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: chin-less
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a (pronounced) chin.

adj

Having a weak or indecisive character; ineffectual or dim-witted.

Example Sentences

"1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Three, Chapter 1, http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021h.html Opposite Winston there sat a man with a chinless, toothy face exactly like that of some large, harmless rodent."
"'Flook' by Trog': note the classic representation of the chinless wonder and the chinful wonderess."

Etymology

From chin + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chin

Derived Forms

chinlessness

Phrases

chinless wonder

Synonyms

gormless

Questions

What does chinless mean?: Without a (pronounced) chin.
Where does chinless come from?: From chin + -less.

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