Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

megacatastrophic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mega-catas-troph-ic
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Catastrophic on a very large scale.

Example Sentences

"“Fire has emerged as more and more a megacatastrophic risk like we saw with Katrina,” said Carole Walker, the executive director of Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association."

Etymology

From mega- + catastrophic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mega

Inflected Forms

more megacatastrophic (comparative) most megacatastrophic (superlative)

Questions

What does megacatastrophic mean?: Catastrophic on a very large scale.
Where does megacatastrophic come from?: From mega- + catastrophic.

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