Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unprogrammable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-pro-grammable
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That cannot be programmed.

Example Sentences

"What the egghead offers is a set of techniques for programming certain kinds of previously unprogrammable jobs..."
"Moreover, even if we admit that human thought is unprogrammable, Freud and James would still owe us an explanation..."

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 programmable English unprogrammable From un- + programmable.

Inflected Forms

more unprogrammable (comparative) most unprogrammable (superlative)

Questions

What does unprogrammable mean?: That cannot be programmed.
Where does unprogrammable 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 programmable English unprogrammable From un- + programmable.

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