Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undelivered

/ˌʌndɪlˈɪvɚd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: un-de-liv-ered
IPA: /ˌʌndɪlˈɪvɚd/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Most undelivered mail has the wrong address."
"[I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, in all things els authors, aſſertors and novv recoverers of our libertie, to deliver us, the only people of all Proteſtants left ſtill undeliverd, from the oppreſſions of a Simonious decimating clergie; […]"
"It has lost its hold on the Middle Eastern market to American planes as well as to changing politics, represented by the seven Iraqi-ordered Mirage F-1s that sit undelivered in a Dassault factory."

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 delivered English undelivered From un- + delivered.

Frequently Paired Words

undeliverable

Rhymes With

delivered shivered rivard

Questions

How do you pronounce undelivered?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌndɪlˈɪvɚd/.
What does undelivered mean?: Not delivered.
Where does undelivered 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 delivered English undelivered From un- + delivered.

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