Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malformedness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mal-formed-ness
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

incorrect form; quality of being malformed

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Many of Zidonis's ninth graders were apparently unable to recognize the malformedness of the sentences they wrote. It cannot be concluded that all adults have acquired the degree of grammatical competence assumed by many linguists."

Etymology

From malformed + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: malformed

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does malformedness mean?: incorrect form; quality of being malformed
Where does malformedness come from?: From malformed + -ness.

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