Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unrequired

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: un-re-quired
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

verb

simple past and past participle of unrequire

Example Sentences

"Mr. Goldman said that poll workers might ask for unrequired identification and that citizens might not vote because they mistakenly thought that they could not do so if they did not have certain forms of identification."

Etymology

From un- + required.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Questions

What does unrequired mean?: Not required.
Where does unrequired come from?: From un- + required.

How to pronounce unrequired

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