unascertained
/ˌʌnæsɚˈteɪnd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not ascertained; uncertain; undetermined; unknown.
Example Sentences
- "Throughout all future time, as now, the human mind may occupy itself, not only with ascertained phenomena and their relations, but also with that unascertained something which phenomena and their relations imply."
- "A conjecture vaguely taking shape in his mind resolved itself to nothing again, and left him with only the ache of something unascertained."
- "This will dispose of the power of the five perhaps estimable but unknown individuals known as “independents” to control in accordance with their unascertained prejudices the self-defending labors of a great nation in the presence of an efficient foe."
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 ascertained English unascertained From un- + ascertained.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌʌnæsɚˈteɪnd/
- British English: /ˌʌnæsəˈteɪnd/
Inflected Forms
more unascertained (comparative)
most unascertained (superlative)