Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unbearing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-bear-ing
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of unbear

adj

Bearing no fruit.

Example Sentences

  • "an unbearing tree"

Etymology

From Middle English unbering, unberinde, from Old English unberende, from Proto-Germanic *unberandz, equivalent to un- + bearing.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Prefix: un
  • Root: unbering, unberende, *unberandz

Questions

What does unbearing mean?
present participle and gerund of unbear
Where does unbearing come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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