unscented
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Unperfumed; having no scent.
adj
That has not been scented (detected by smell); undetected.
Example Sentences
- "Tomaso's real dealings, the ones from which he derived his considerable revenues (unscented by the feds), were concluded in hushed tones..."
- "The mindset of the hunter is split between focus on gathering visual or sound information regarding the elk and remaining unseen, unscented, and unheard, thus avoiding detection by the elk."
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 scented English unscented From un- + scented.