Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ill-seen

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables
il-l-seen
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not well thought of; having a bad reputation.

Archaic

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What does ill-seen mean?
Not well thought of; having a bad reputation.

How to pronounce ill-seen

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