Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

such-and-such

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.53 in modern English

Syllables: such-and--such
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A placeholder or generic thing.

det

indefinite; some or other, not stated

Example Sentences

"It's a poor system, because if you want to do such-and-such, you must first find that function in a long and disorderly list."
"[…] it has answered numerous questions as to what such-and-such a locomotive designer would have done, to keep pace with increasing demand for tractive power, had he held office for just a little longer."
"We always rub our hands too much / We know the reasons, but such and such"
"Every once in awhile, I get an email that questions my commitment to the Messiah, usually in the form of “if he believes such and such, then he must not believe that Jesus is God” or something like that."
"I am troubled by the rush of young researchers attempting to prove that females are not inferior to males in such-and-such an ability or such-and-such a trait, especially when it is by no means clear what difference it makes."

Inflected Forms

such-and-suches (plural) such and such (alternative)

Phrases

so-and-so so and so x-and-x x and x thus and such thus and so

Frequently Paired Words

so-and-so so and so x-and-x x and x thus and such thus and so

Questions

What does such-and-such mean?: A placeholder or generic thing.

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