Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unplaced

/ənplˈeɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: un-placed
IPA: /ənplˈeɪst/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not assigned a place.

adj

Not among the first three horses to finish a race.

Example Sentences

"For none of these I write, and none of these Could read the writing if they deigned to try; So may they flourish in their due degrees, On our sweet earth and in their unplaced sky."
"Until more detailed phylogenetic work is done to elucidate their true relationships, it seems best to leave all these species unplaced."
"The Listed John Dillon Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Australia Day is an option for Rok Posta, who has only been unplaced four times in his 20 starts."

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 placed English unplaced From un- + placed.

Rhymes With

based placed waste taste replaced faced waist paste traced displaced embraced chased

Questions

How do you pronounce unplaced?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənplˈeɪst/.
What does unplaced mean?: Not assigned a place.
Where does unplaced 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 placed English unplaced From un- + placed.

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