Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unlived

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: un-lived
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That has not been lived.

adj

Bereft or deprived of life.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"I want to cry for a life unlived, floating beautifully, poetically, all these years just out of reach."
"Where shall I live now Lucrece is unlived?"

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 lived English unlived From un- + lived.

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does unlived mean?: That has not been lived.
Where does unlived 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 lived English unlived From un- + lived.

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