Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unhasty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-hasty
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not hasty.

Example Sentences

"One day nigh wearie of the yrkesome way, From her vnhastie beast she did alight,"
"A double file of camels with sumptuous housings moved with dignified and unhasty tread after the litters."
"The quiet, unhasty, resolved manner in which the Chaplains to the Forces in France are moving is in striking contrast to the hasty proposals and hasty actions threatening on the less prepared soil at home."
"After a long time (and the chant showed no signs of slackening) he found himself wondering, since Entish was such an ‘unhasty’ language, whether they had yet got further than Good Morning; and if Treebeard was to call the roll, how many days it would take to sing all their names."

Etymology

From un- + hasty.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unhasty (comparative) most unhasty (superlative)

Derived Forms

unhastily unhastiness

Synonyms

leisurely unhurried unrushed

Questions

What does unhasty mean?: Not hasty.
Where does unhasty come from?: From un- + hasty.

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