Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cruftiness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crufti-ness
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Quality of being crufty.

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Regardless of one's opinions on Sendmail's cruftiness, it's unquestionably a powerful and well-supported piece of software."

Etymology

From crufty + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: crufty

Usage

Questions

What does cruftiness mean?: Quality of being crufty.
Where does cruftiness come from?: From crufty + -ness.

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