Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unliterary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-lit-er-ary
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not associated with literature; especially, not associated with artistic literature

Example Sentences

"His writing was simple and unliterary."
"A high school kid in a decidedly unliterary North Dakota town is nicknamed after a beast from "Beowulf"?"

Etymology

From un- + literary.

Derived Forms

unliterariness

Synonyms

nonliterary

Questions

What does unliterary mean?: Not associated with literature; especially, not associated with artistic literature
Where does unliterary come from?: From un- + literary.

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