Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfavoured

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
un-favoured
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

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 favoured English unfavoured From un- + favoured.

Inflected Forms

more unfavoured (comparative) most unfavoured (superlative)

Questions

What does unfavoured mean?
Alternative form of unfavored.
Where does unfavoured 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 favoured English unfavoured From un- + favoured.

How to pronounce unfavoured

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