polluting
/pəlˈutɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "De-icing a plane is expensive, polluting, and time-consuming, so when sudden weather changes mean it has to be done twice, that has an impact on the bottom line, the environment and on-time departures."
- "But because rare earths are polluting to mine and process, it can take nearly three decades to get permission to open and operate a rare-earth mine in America, so finding substitutes won’t be easy."
Inflected Forms
more polluting (comparative)
most polluting (superlative)