unfancied

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

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adj

"One of the most memorable World Cup runs of the more recent television era was that by the unfancied North Koreans in 1966, well before Havelange's ascendancy."
"Scotland were lucky to be level at half-time after their unfancied hosts missed a series of good chances."

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 fancied English unfancied From un- + fancied.

more unfancied (comparative) most unfancied (superlative)

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