Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unprofessionally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: un-pro-fes-sion-al-ly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unprofessional manner.

Example Sentences

"Bouteillan, the old bald butler who unprofessionally now wore a mustache (dyed a rich gravy brown), met him with gested delight [...]."

Etymology

From unprofessional + -ly or un- + professionally.

Inflected Forms

more unprofessionally (comparative) most unprofessionally (superlative)

Questions

What does unprofessionally mean?: In an unprofessional manner.
Where does unprofessionally come from?: From unprofessional + -ly or un- + professionally.

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