Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfirm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-firm
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not firm; not strong or stable; feeble; infirm.

Etymology

From un- + firm.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unfirm (comparative) most unfirm (superlative)

Derived Forms

unfirmly unfirmness

Synonyms

shifting unsteady

Questions

What does unfirm mean?
Not firm; not strong or stable; feeble; infirm.
Where does unfirm come from?
From un- + firm.

How to pronounce unfirm

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