pandora's box
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A box given to Pandora by Zeus, whose instructions stated that it must not be opened, and were then ignored, leading to disastrous consequences.
noun
A source of unforeseen trouble; especially, one whose effects cannot be reversed.
Example Sentences
- "There was an evil in Pandora's box Beyond all other ones, yet it came forth In guise so lovely, that men crowded round And sought it as the dearest of all treasure."
- "The first thing it did was to spawn a whole Pandora's box of DNA viruses—smallpox, influenza and so on."
- "We have opened the AI Pandora’s box. Now we have to make the best of it."