Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unchancy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-chancy
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Unfortunate, unlucky.

adj

Dangerous, unsafe.

Example Sentences

"the Kinraddies sat them quiet and decent and peaceable in their castle, and heeded never a fig the arguings of folk, for wars were unchancy things."

Etymology

From un- + chancy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unchancy (comparative) most unchancy (superlative)

Questions

What does unchancy mean?: Unfortunate, unlucky.
Where does unchancy come from?: From un- + chancy.

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