Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unhygienic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: un-hy-gien-ic
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking hygiene; unclean.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English hygienic English unhygienic From un- + hygienic.

Inflected Forms

more unhygienic (comparative) most unhygienic (superlative)

Derived Forms

unhygienically

Synonyms

dyshygienic

Rhymes With

scenic hygienic splenic linolenic genic irenic selenic sphenic

Questions

What does unhygienic mean?: Lacking hygiene; unclean.
Where does unhygienic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English hygienic English unhygienic From un- + hygienic.

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