slow-acting
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Taking effect slowly, not immediately.
Example Sentences
- "This is a very slow-acting medication."
Inflected Forms
slower-acting (comparative)
more slow-acting (comparative)
slowest-acting (superlative)
most slow-acting (superlative)