uncontained
/ˌʌn.kənˈteɪnd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not contained; unconstrained
Etymology
Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. Middle English conteinen English contain Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English contained English uncontained From un- + contained.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌʌn.kənˈteɪnd/
- British English: /ˌʌn.kənˈteɪnd/
Inflected Forms
more uncontained (comparative)
most uncontained (superlative)