desaturate
/diːˈsætʃəɹeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "With this in mind, Desai has called for imposing more stringent regulations on the ride-hailing sector, to create a more level playing field and, presumably, to desaturate the pool of drivers."
- "Take World of Women—or WoW—whose once-modestly priced $200 NFTs now sell for six figures and have attracted the interests of Ava Duvernay and Eva Longoria. This collective is one among several doing it for the girls, desaturating the male-dominated world of NFTs and moving things on quickly."
- "And similarly, they are full of tricks: when the imagined stranger calls your name, the music crescendos romantically; when the video freezes on your laugh, it immediately desaturates the candid photo, making you look old-timey or famous or dead."
- "Mammals, for example, lack the ability to desaturate fatty acids in the n-6 or n-3 position. […] Only plants can desaturate fatty acids at the n-6 or n-3 position, and even among plants, there are species differences."
- "I am partial to the more threadbare gems and find the more distressed pieces to be the most beautiful. When the rug is worn, the graphic patterns soften slightly, the dye desaturates, and the pile is evenly low so the weave is really visible."
- ""It's all pressure on the heart. Oxygen levels are desaturating, that's not good for the body and the biggest link for untreated sleep apnoea would be heart attacks, strokes and driving accidents," she said."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English saturate English desaturate From de- + saturate.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /diːˈsætʃəɹeɪt/