Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gumless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gum-less
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without gum.

adj

Without gums (part of the mouth).

Example Sentences

"a gumless postage stamp"
"the gumless streets of Singapore, where chewing gum is banned"
"The sight of deep-pitted orbs and gumless mouths with protruding crooked teeth was macabre and gruesome."

Etymology

From gum + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gum

Questions

What does gumless mean?: Without gum.
Where does gumless come from?: From gum + -less.

How to pronounce gumless

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