Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsaturate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-sat-u-rate
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any unsaturated compound, but especially an unsaturated hydrocarbon in the oil refining industry

Etymology

From un- + saturate.

Inflected Forms

unsaturates (plural)

Derived Forms

monounsaturate polyunsaturate

Questions

What does unsaturate mean?: Any unsaturated compound, but especially an unsaturated hydrocarbon in the oil refining industry
Where does unsaturate come from?: From un- + saturate.

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