Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recipe for disaster

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: recipe -for dis-as-ter
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plan that sounds as though it will end disastrously.

Example Sentences

"You and Larry living together sounds like a recipe for disaster."

Inflected Forms

recipes for disaster (plural)

Questions

What does recipe for disaster mean?: A plan that sounds as though it will end disastrously.

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