unequivocal
/ˌʌnɪˈkwɪvəkəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable
Example Sentences
- "I want you to give me an unequivocal guarantee on that."
- "There exists no moral system under which there do not arise unequivocal cases of conflicting obligation."
- "Finally, in order to construct an integrated picture of genetic alterations in GBMs, the unequivocal alterations were mapped onto known gliomagenic pathways."
- "Mr. Cleaver latched on to the idea, and within moments, the trio was swinging hard over a walking bass line — the equivalent of a blurred picture coming into unequivocal focus."
- "Coppard was unequivocal when speaking to RAIL about this: "I'll keep on telling the government that MML electrification is really important to us. I raised it with Heidi Alexander [Transport Secretary] last Thursday when she was here.""
- "the unequivocal scope of the Golden Gate Bridge"
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 equivocal English unequivocal From un- + equivocal.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌʌnɪˈkwɪvəkəl/
- British English: /ʌnɪˈkwɪvəkəl/