Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

failure to thrive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables
fail-ure -to thrive
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Poor physical growth or level of weight, relative to one's age peers.

Uncountable

noun

Abnormal weight loss, malaise.

Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see failure, thrive.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

failures to thrive (plural)

Phrases

failure to launch ill-thrift

Frequently Paired Words

failure to launch ill-thrift

Questions

What does failure to thrive mean?
Poor physical growth or level of weight, relative to one's age peers.

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