unballasted
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not loaded or stabilised with ballast.
Example Sentences
- "Then, as if the clouds had discharged their aqueous cargo and rode light as unballasted ships, they lifted in aerial fleets and sailed away, white in a blue sky."
- "It was a rickety concern, was unballasted, and looked as if, loosely thrown together, it had never filled its original mission and had been practically abandoned."
Etymology
From un- + ballasted.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un