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unspirited

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-spir-it-ed
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not spirited; lacking animation or liveliness.

Example Sentences

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- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Old French espiritbor. Middle English spirit English spirited English unspirited From un- + spirited.

Inflected Forms

more unspirited (comparative) most unspirited (superlative)

Derived Forms

unspiritedly unspiritedness

Questions

What does unspirited mean?
Not spirited; lacking animation or liveliness.
Where does unspirited 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- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Old French espiritbor. Middle English spirit English spirited English unspirited From un- + spirited.

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