Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unprovoking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-pro-vok-ing
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not provoking.

verb

present participle and gerund of unprovoke

Etymology

From un- + provoking.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unprovoking (comparative) most unprovoking (superlative)

Derived Forms

Synonyms

Questions

What does unprovoking mean?
Not provoking.
Where does unprovoking come from?
From un- + provoking.

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