Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpoliced

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: un-po-liced
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not policed; not subject to effective regulation

Example Sentences

"ï¿½ The $50 billion also pales next to other sums that remain unaccounted for in the Bush era, from the $345 billion in lost tax revenue due to unpoliced offshore corporate tax havens to the far-from-transparent disposition of some $350 billion in Wall Street bailout money."

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 policed English unpoliced From un- + policed.

Questions

What does unpoliced mean?: Not policed; not subject to effective regulation
Where does unpoliced 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 policed English unpoliced From un- + policed.

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