Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unmotherly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-moth-er-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not motherly; unmaternal.

Etymology

From un- + motherly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unmotherly (comparative) most unmotherly (superlative)

Derived Forms

unmotherliness

Questions

What does unmotherly mean?
Not motherly; unmaternal.
Where does unmotherly come from?
From un- + motherly.

How to pronounce unmotherly

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