Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pain-free

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.93 in modern English

Syllables: pain-free
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without pain, free of pain.

Example Sentences

"By now you're probably starting to get my drift that cutting costs in today's rail industry is not going to be either easy or pain-free."

Etymology

From pain + -free.

Inflected Forms

painfree (alternative)

Synonyms

painless unpainful

Questions

What does pain-free mean?: Without pain, free of pain.
Where does pain-free come from?: From pain + -free.

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