Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unscholastic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-scholas-tic
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not scholastic.

Example Sentences

"Both characteristics were so well developed that the hours they spent in the schoolroom were chiefly devoted to exploits of a most unscholastic nature."
"You are not free, yet, to be as useful at home as you would like to be; your mother has to do without a daughter, to a large extent, or to avail herself of one with the uncomfortable feeling that the daughter is losing valuable time thereby, and probably is considering herself a martyr in having to do unscholastic duties."

Etymology

From un- + scholastic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unscholastic (comparative) most unscholastic (superlative)

Questions

What does unscholastic mean?: Not scholastic.
Where does unscholastic come from?: From un- + scholastic.

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