Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretenseless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-tense-less
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not having or making pretenses.

Etymology

From pretense + -less.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more pretenseless (comparative) most pretenseless (superlative)

Questions

What does pretenseless mean?
Not having or making pretenses.
Where does pretenseless come from?
From pretense + -less.

How to pronounce pretenseless

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