Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncontriving

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-con-triv-ing
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking the ingenuity to contrive or plan things.

Etymology

From un- + contriving.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more uncontriving (comparative) most uncontriving (superlative)

Questions

What does uncontriving mean?
Lacking the ingenuity to contrive or plan things.
Where does uncontriving come from?
From un- + contriving.

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