Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maintenance-free

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: main-te-nance-free
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not requiring any maintenance.

Example Sentences

"A maintenance-free car battery."
"Presumably, God could have created a maintenance-free world but decided that it would be better for us to take responsibility for the world we live in."

Etymology

From maintenance + -free.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: maintenance

Questions

What does maintenance-free mean?: Not requiring any maintenance.
Where does maintenance-free come from?: From maintenance + -free.

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