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gumptionless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gump-tion-less
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking gumption.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English gumption 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 gumptionless From gumption + -less.

Inflected Forms

more gumptionless (comparative) most gumptionless (superlative)

Questions

What does gumptionless mean?
Lacking gumption.
Where does gumptionless come from?
Etymology tree English gumption 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 gumptionless From gumption + -less.

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