Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undesked

/ʌnˈdɛskt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-desked
IPA: /ʌnˈdɛskt/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not having a desk; without a desk.

adj

Not having been looked at or sub-edited by a desk-based journalist.

Example Sentences

"Also, a number of high-end hotels are improving customer service by experimenting with undesked staff who can check guests in in the lobby, parking lot, or conference room […]"
"I can only think of a small handful of journalists who blog direct to the web without being either desked or subbed first. We don't publish news stories undesked and although our journalists can publish pictures direct to blogs, they rarely do."

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 desked English undesked From un- + desked.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ʌnˈdɛskt/

Inflected Forms

more undesked (comparative) most undesked (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce undesked?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈdɛskt/.
What does undesked mean?: Not having a desk; without a desk.
Where does undesked 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 desked English undesked From un- + desked.

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