Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unretentive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-re-ten-tive
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not retentive

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 retentive English unretentive From un- + retentive.

Inflected Forms

more unretentive (comparative) most unretentive (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does unretentive mean?
Not retentive
Where does unretentive 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 retentive English unretentive From un- + retentive.

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