Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ungainful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-gain-ful
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not gainful.

Etymology

From un- + gainful.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more ungainful (comparative) most ungainful (superlative)

Derived Forms

ungainfulness

Questions

What does ungainful mean?
Not gainful.
Where does ungainful come from?
From un- + gainful.

How to pronounce ungainful

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