Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfull

/ʌnˈfʊl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-full
IPA: /ʌnˈfʊl/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not full or complete; incomplete, imperfect.

Example Sentences

"[T]h’vn-full Harmony / Of vn-even Hammers, beating diverſly, / VVakens the tunes that his [Tubal-cain’s] ſvveet numbery ſoule / Yer birth (ſom think) learn’d of the vvarbling Pole."

Etymology

From Middle English unfulle (“incomplete”), from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + ful (“filled to capacity, full; complete, whole”) (from Old English ful, full (“filled, full; complete, entire”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). The English word is analysable as un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + full.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un
Root: *pleh₁-, unfulle, ful

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ʌnˈfʊl/
British English: /ʌnˈfʊl/

Inflected Forms

unfuller (comparative) unfullest (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

unfully partially

Rhymes With

full you'll pull bull wool null abdul tulle philosopher's wool shul iatmul

Questions

How do you pronounce unfull?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈfʊl/.
What does unfull mean?: Not full or complete; incomplete, imperfect.
Where does unfull come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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