Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

punitiveness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
puni-tive-ness
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or condition of being punitive.

Uncountable

Etymology

From punitive + -ness.

Usage

Questions

What does punitiveness mean?
The state or condition of being punitive.
Where does punitiveness come from?
From punitive + -ness.

How to pronounce punitiveness

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