Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second-guessing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ond-guess-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or habit of vetting, evaluating; criticizing or correcting, often by hindsight, by presuming to have a better idea, method, etc.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act or habit of anticipating or predicting someone's actions or thoughts by guesswork.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of second-guess

Usage

Inflected Forms

second-guessings (plural)

Questions

What does second-guessing mean?: The act or habit of vetting, evaluating; criticizing or correcting, often by hindsight, by presuming to have a better idea, method, etc.

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