Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unaffordable

/ənəfˈɔɹdəbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: un-af-ford-able
IPA: /ənəfˈɔɹdəbəl/

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Too expensive to be afforded.

Example Sentences

"ASLEF's LU organiser Finn Brennan highlighted that slashing government funding to TfL means signalling upgrades necessary for such trains is unaffordable."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English afford Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English affordable English unaffordable From un- + affordable.

Inflected Forms

more unaffordable (comparative) most unaffordable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unaffordably

Antonyms

affordable

Rhymes With

affordable recordable

Questions

How do you pronounce unaffordable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənəfˈɔɹdəbəl/.
What does unaffordable mean?: Too expensive to be afforded.
Where does unaffordable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English afford Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English affordable English unaffordable From un- + affordable.

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