unscientific
/ənsˌaɪəntˈɪfɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not scientific
Etymology
Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin scientia Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Medieval Latin scientificusder. Middle French scientifiquebor. English scientific English unscientific From un- + scientific.
Inflected Forms
more unscientific (comparative)
most unscientific (superlative)