misflavour
/mɪsˈfleɪvə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The flavour thresholds of the 239 compounds examined varied over a range of 2 x 10¹², and on occasion, compounds of high chemical purity (99% +) were organoleptically impure or even misflavoured."
- "This means that impurities present at the ppu level can easily misflavour the compound under study."
- "'Chemically pure' compounds may be strongly misflavoured by contaminants, and in some cases the threshold measured may inadvertently be that of an impurity."
- "Powders produced in those days were, compared with today's standards, of poor flowability and solubility, difficult to handle, dusty, and prone to misflavour as a result of degradation in the drying process."
- "Durhang had a way of making one ravenous, sufficient to overcome the dreadful misflavours of such malodorous staples."