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obtunded

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables
ob-tund-ed
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of obtund

adj

Far from alert or oriented to time and space, and exhibiting other signs of being confused, a state just short of frank delirium.

Inflected Forms

more obtunded (comparative) most obtunded (superlative)

Derived Forms

obtundedness unobtunded

Questions

What does obtunded mean?
simple past and past participle of obtund

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