Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unscholarly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
un-schol-ar-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not scholarly.

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 scholarly English unscholarly From un- + scholarly.

Inflected Forms

more unscholarly (comparative) most unscholarly (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does unscholarly mean?
Not scholarly.
Where does unscholarly 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 scholarly English unscholarly From un- + scholarly.

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