Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unserious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: un-se-ri-ous
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Example Sentences

"The band's songs, which can be deliciously unserious, are as memorable as they are charming."
"Her tone shift involved former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton lampooning their fellow ex-president as a figure of ridicule. Then Harris closed the trap with a line in her convention speech: “Trump is an unserious man. But the consequences … of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious.”"
"In practice, however, the financial barriers to entry are exceptionally steep. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, if only to stop unserious applications from progressing."

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 serious English unserious From un- + serious.

Inflected Forms

more unserious (comparative) most unserious (superlative)

Derived Forms

unseriously unseriousness

Synonyms

nonserious facetious flippant frivolous nonsevere

Questions

What does unserious mean?: Not serious.
Where does unserious 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 serious English unserious From un- + serious.

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