Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unchurched

/ʌnˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: unchurched
IPA: /ʌnˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃt/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Who does not generally attend church.

adj

Who has never attended church; who has not been exposed to the experience, culture, etc., of church.

Example Sentences

"[…] create a composite profile of the typical unchurched person your church wants to reach."
"Fewer young people may be interested in the Church, but the Church is definitely still interested in them. That’s how young, unchurched activists may inadvertently end up leading not only political change, but also change within the Church itself."

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 churched English unchurched From un- + churched.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ʌnˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃt/
British English: /ʌnˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃt/

Inflected Forms

more unchurched (comparative) most unchurched (superlative) unchurcht (alternative)

Rhymes With

searched researched lurched besmirched

Questions

How do you pronounce unchurched?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃt/.
What does unchurched mean?: Who does not generally attend church.
Where does unchurched come from?: 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 churched English unchurched From un- + churched.

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