strip-mine
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "The decision to strip-mine was opposed by environmentalists."
- "Since 1945, approximately 4 million acres of land have been strip-mined, of which only 2 million have been revegetated."
- "This is what success looks like in the creator economy: A group of friends becomes a cast of characters, strip-mines lives and relationships for content and, in the process, turns into a corporation, with payroll to process and liabilities to consider."