Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undrinkable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: un-drink-able
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

noun

Anything not suitable for drinking.

Example Sentences

"[…] but there was a peculiar aroma about that Oxo that no ox had ever provided, unless he were stalled in a chemist's shop, and it was not long before this ruse was discovered and another liquid thereby added to the undrinkables of life."
"Popping down a cork coaster, the bartender delivered Alan's next drink and plucked the empties and undrinkables as the music changed."

Etymology

From un- + drinkable.

Inflected Forms

more undrinkable (comparative) most undrinkable (superlative) undrinkables (plural)

Derived Forms

undrinkableness undrinkably

Frequently Paired Words

inedible

Synonyms

impotable

Questions

What does undrinkable mean?: Not drinkable.
Where does undrinkable come from?: From un- + drinkable.

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