Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-sustained

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
self---sus-tained
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does self-sustained mean?
needing no outside support

How to pronounce self-sustained

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