Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unlikeliness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
un-like-li-ness
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of being unlikely, improbability.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English unlikely 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 unlikeliness From unlikely + -ness.

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Questions

What does unlikeliness mean?
The property of being unlikely, improbability.
Where does unlikeliness come from?
Etymology tree English unlikely 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 unlikeliness From unlikely + -ness.

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