uncrossed
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of uncross
Example Sentences
- "The northeast corner has coal mines, old railroad towns and, along the Wyoming border, the Uinta Mountains, uncrossed by road and showing hardly a sign of civilization."
- "Where an uncrossed cheque, or a cheque crossed generally, is sent to a bank for collection, that bank may add a special crossing in favour of 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 crossed English uncrossed From un- + crossed.