Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unbeautiful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
un-beau-ti-ful
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not beautiful; ugly or inelegant.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English unbewtefull; equivalent to un- + beautiful.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unbeautiful (comparative) most unbeautiful (superlative)

Derived Forms

Synonyms

Questions

What does unbeautiful mean?
Not beautiful; ugly or inelegant.
Where does unbeautiful come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce unbeautiful

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