Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dime's worth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: dime's -worth
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An insignificant amount

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Why is he here? Nothing will change. At best, he'll make a dime's worth of difference."
"But why, he asks, should a similarly rapt and adoring crowd bank up before a lighted wall niche containing nothing but a dime's worth of daffodils and a couple of sprays of forsythia in a blue dish?"

Etymology

Derived from not worth a dime.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does dime's worth mean?: An insignificant amount
Where does dime's worth come from?: Derived from not worth a dime.

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