Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

never in a million years

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.15 in modern English

Syllables: nev-er in a mil-lion years
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Absolutely not.

Example Sentences

"“What am I going to do with him, Raj? My stepmother won’t let me keep him at home, especially as the little fella got me suspended from school. That woman hated my hamster, she is never in a million years going to let me keep a rat.”"
"“I would never have dreamed in a million years,” he said, “that this would happen.”"

Questions

What does never in a million years mean?: Absolutely not.

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