unselfish
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not selfish.
Example Sentences
- "The man was in an unselfish mood that day, so decided to give a £20 note to the next charity he came across."
- "There was certainly no harm in his travelling sixteen miles twice over on such an errand; but there was an air of foppery and nonsense in it which she could not approve. It did not accord with the rationality of plan, the moderation in expense, or even the unselfish warmth of heart, which she had believed herself to discern in him yesterday."
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 selfish English unselfish From un- + selfish.
Inflected Forms
more unselfish (comparative)
most unselfish (superlative)