unmet
/ˌʌnˈmɛt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not met.
verb
simple past and past participle of unmeet
Example Sentences
- "VVindes looſe their ſtrength, vvhen they do empty fly, / Vn-met of vvoods or buildings; […]"
- "O Ancient Knight, thou sleepest then? / While through this poor land range the heathen men, / Unmet of any but my King and Lord: / Nay, let us see the deeds of thine old sword."
- "One senior CRP [Community Rail Partnership] manager said: "The best thing a CRP can do to help the community is to work to ensure the train service is as relevant and useful as possible to that community (and is well used and stays that way) and that where there is sufficient unmet local need, the service expands to meet it where possible.""
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 met English unmet From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + met (the past participle of meet (“to come face to face with, encounter; to comply with, satisfy”)); probably related to Old English ungemet (“unmet”) (chiefly used as part of a compound)—the word is not attested in Middle English. Ġemet in ungemet is possibly a past participle form of ġemētan (“to come upon, encounter, meet; to discover, find”).
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌʌnˈmɛt/
- British English: /(ˌ)ʌnˈmɛt/