Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matterless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mat-ter-less
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without matter, void of matter

adj

unimportant, irrelevant.

Example Sentences

"It's propped against a jug, but all that is matterless now."

Etymology

From Middle English materles, equivalent to matter + -less.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: materles
Suffix: matter

Derived Forms

matterlessness

Questions

What does matterless mean?: Without matter, void of matter
Where does matterless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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