Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unreceptive

/ənɹɪsˈɛptɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: un-re-cep-tive
IPA: /ənɹɪsˈɛptɪv/

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin recipiō Latin receptus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin receptivusbor. Middle English receptive English receptive English unreceptive From un- + receptive.

Inflected Forms

more unreceptive (comparative) most unreceptive (superlative)

Derived Forms

unreceptively unreceptiveness

Rhymes With

deceptive receptive contraceptive perceptive

Questions

How do you pronounce unreceptive?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənɹɪsˈɛptɪv/.
What does unreceptive mean?: not receptive
Where does unreceptive come from?: Etymology tree English un- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin recipiō Latin receptus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin receptivusbor. Middle English receptive English receptive English unreceptive From un- + receptive.

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