Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defensive indifference

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: de-fen-sive in-dif-fer-ence
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An official scoring judgement in which a runner is not credited with a stolen base because the team playing the field did not try to stop the steal. This typically occurs late in a game when the fielding team is winning by at least two runs.

Example Sentences

"The play was scored as defensive indifference."

Questions

What does defensive indifference mean?: An official scoring judgement in which a runner is not credited with a stolen base because the team playing the field did not try to stop the steal. This typically occurs late in a game when the fielding team is winning by at least two runs.

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