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critically endangered

/ˈkɹɪ.tɪk.li ɛnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒəɹd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables
crit-i-cal-ly en-dan-gered
IPA
/ˈkɹɪ.tɪk.li ɛnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒəɹd/
30
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a species or other low-rank taxa, whose population is so small that they are very likely to go extinct in the wild.

adj

Not very common and growing less common; a dying breed.

Humorous; Informal

Example Sentences

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkɹɪ.tɪk.li ɛnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒəɹd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more critically endangered (comparative) most critically endangered (superlative) critically-endangered (alternative) CR (alternative, abbreviation) CE (alternative, abbreviation)

Questions

How do you pronounce critically endangered?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹɪ.tɪk.li ɛnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒəɹd/.
What does critically endangered mean?
Of a species or other low-rank taxa, whose population is so small that they are very likely to go extinct in the wild.

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