Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonideal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
non-ide-al
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not ideal.

Etymology

From non- + ideal.

Inflected Forms

non-ideal (alternative)

Derived Forms

Phrases

nonideal gas nonideal solution

Questions

What does nonideal mean?
Not ideal.
Where does nonideal come from?
From non- + ideal.

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