unpopular
/ˌʌnpˈɑpjəlɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "an unpopular opinion"
- "And as congressional Republicans were passing a very unpopular Trump agenda bill last month, Vice President JD Vance argued that its historic expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and new immigration enforcement provisions were so important that “everything else” was “immaterial.”"
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- Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin populārislbor. Old French populairebor. ▲ Latin populārisbor. Middle English populer English popular English unpopular From un- + popular.
Inflected Forms
more unpopular (comparative)
most unpopular (superlative)