Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

featureless

/ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ.ləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables: fea-ture-less
IPA: /ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ.ləs/

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without distinguishing features.

Example Sentences

"a featureless brick wall"
"This one was almost featureless, as if still in the making, with an aspect of monotonous grimness."
"The branch is three and a half miles long over virtually level, featureless countryside."

Etymology

Etymology tree English feature Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English featureless From feature + -less.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ.ləs/

Inflected Forms

more featureless (comparative) most featureless (superlative)

Derived Forms

featurelessly featurelessness

Questions

How do you pronounce featureless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ.ləs/.
What does featureless mean?: Without distinguishing features.
Where does featureless come from?: Etymology tree English feature Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English featureless From feature + -less.

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