Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leaderless

/lˈidɚləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: lead-er-less
IPA: /lˈidɚləs/

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a person providing direction.

adj

Without a thing serving as leader.

Example Sentences

"But doing nothing is not an option. Our railway has been drifting, leaderless, for a couple of years. Sunak should also ponder as he panders."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *laidī Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *laid ▲ Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī Old English lǣdere Middle English ledere English leader 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 leaderless From leader + -less.

Inflected Forms

more leaderless (comparative) most leaderless (superlative)

Derived Forms

leaderlessly leaderlessness

Questions

How do you pronounce leaderless?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈidɚləs/.
What does leaderless mean?: Without a person providing direction.
Where does leaderless come from?: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *laidī Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *laid ▲ Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī Old English lǣdere Middle English ledere English leader 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 leaderless From leader + -less.

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