Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fortuneless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-tune-less
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Destitute of a fortune or portion; without money.

adj

Unlucky, unfortunate.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"manly limbs endur'd with little care / Against all hard mishaps and fortunelesse misfare."

Etymology

From fortune + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fortune

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more fortuneless (comparative) most fortuneless (superlative)

Questions

What does fortuneless mean?: Destitute of a fortune or portion; without money.
Where does fortuneless come from?: From fortune + -less.

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