Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncredible

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-cred-i-ble
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not credible; that cannot be believed.

Example Sentences

"a parade of uncredible witnesses"
"The Soile for the moſt part is lifted vp into many hilles, parted aſunder vvith narrovv and ſhort vallies, and a ſhallovv earth doth couer their out-ſide, vvhich by a Sea-vveede called Orevvood, and a certaine kinde of fruitfull Sea-ſand, they make ſo ranke and batten, as is vncredible."

Etymology

From Middle English uncredible, equivalent to un- + credible.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un
Root: uncredible

Inflected Forms

more uncredible (comparative) most uncredible (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

noncredible

Questions

What does uncredible mean?: Not credible; that cannot be believed.
Where does uncredible come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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