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penalizing

/pˈinəlˌaɪzɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
pe-nal-iz-ing
IPA
/pˈinəlˌaɪzɪŋ/
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of penalize

Questions

How do you pronounce penalizing?
The recorded pronunciation is /pˈinəlˌaɪzɪŋ/.
What does penalizing mean?
present participle and gerund of penalize

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