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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ill-named

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables
il-l--named
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Poorly named; given an unsuitable name.

Inflected Forms

more ill-named (comparative) most ill-named (superlative)

Questions

What does ill-named mean?
Poorly named; given an unsuitable name.

How to pronounce ill-named

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