Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inward-looking

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: in-ward-look-ing
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Concerned primarily with one's own objectives, priorities, etc.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: self-absorbed, insular"

Inflected Forms

more inward-looking (comparative) most inward-looking (superlative)

Phrases

inward-lookingness

Synonyms

self-absorbed insular

Questions

What does inward-looking mean?: Concerned primarily with one's own objectives, priorities, etc.

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