Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doubleplusungood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dou-ble-plusun-good
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of double-plus-ungood.

Example Sentences

"On occasion he had even been entrusted with the rectification of ‘The Times’ leading articles, which were written entirely in Newspeak. He unrolled the message that he had set aside earlier. It ran: / times 3.12.83 reporting bb dayorder doubleplusungood refs unpersons rewrite fullwise upsub antefiling / In Oldspeak (or standard English) this might be rendered: / The reporting of Big Brother’s Order for the Day in ‘The Times’ of December 3rd 1983 is extremely unsatisfactory and makes references to non-existent persons. Rewrite it in full and submit your draft to higher authority before filing."
"So words like great, excellent and horrible are rendered redundant in Newspeak, replaced by “plusgood”, “doubleplusgood” and “doubleplusungood” respectively."
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Questions

What does doubleplusungood mean?: Alternative spelling of double-plus-ungood.

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