Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpossessed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-pos-sessed
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not possessed; not owned by anybody.

adj

Not subject to possession by a spirit.

adj

Not in possession of.

Dated

Example Sentences

"[…] the master exorcist, the gem among them all, the ocean of virtues, seemed to be the only sane person unaffected and unpossessed."
"an eligible man unpossessed of a wife"

Etymology

From un- + possessed.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Dated

Questions

What does unpossessed mean?: Not possessed; not owned by anybody.
Where does unpossessed come from?: From un- + possessed.

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