Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unhopeful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-hope-ful
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not hopeful.

noun

Somebody who is unlikely to achieve success or victory.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English unhopful, unhopfulle, equivalent to un- + hopeful.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unhopeful (comparative) most unhopeful (superlative) unhopefuls (plural)

Derived Forms

Synonyms

Questions

What does unhopeful mean?
Not hopeful.
Where does unhopeful come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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