Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unintelligibleness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-in-tel-li-gi-ble-ness
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
7
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The extent to which something is unintelligible; the difficulty of understanding something.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English unintelligible Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unintelligibleness From unintelligible + -ness.

Usage

Questions

What does unintelligibleness mean?
The extent to which something is unintelligible; the difficulty of understanding something.
Where does unintelligibleness come from?
Etymology tree English unintelligible Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unintelligibleness From unintelligible + -ness.

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