second-generation
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to someone whose parents are immigrants.
adj
Of or pertaining to a second version of something that is materially different to the first.
Example Sentences
- "MP Taverna offers a second-generation, melting-pot vision of an America where Greek flavors have been woven into the fabric of American cooking so thoroughly that they’re taken for granted."
- "Looming over her is the statistic that only 30 percent of family-owned businesses make it through the second generation. That data is from 1987, but experts say it still holds true today. It is known as the second-generation curse."