Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

truthless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: truth-less
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking truth, untruthful.

Etymology

From Middle English trewðeleas, equivalent to truth + -less. Piecewise doublet of trothless.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: trewðeleas
Suffix: truth

Inflected Forms

more truthless (comparative) most truthless (superlative)

Derived Forms

truthlessly

Frequently Paired Words

trothless truth truthful truthlessness

Questions

What does truthless mean?: Lacking truth, untruthful.
Where does truthless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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