Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unspontaneous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-spon-ta-neous
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not spontaneous; halting or rehearsed

Example Sentences

"Like Pullman's tomb, Beckett's dialogue is encased in its own concrete, in a stilted, unspontaneous delivery."

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- Latin sponte Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Late Latin spontāneuslbor. English spontaneous English unspontaneous From un- + spontaneous.

Inflected Forms

more unspontaneous (comparative) most unspontaneous (superlative)

Derived Forms

unspontaneously unspontaneousness

Questions

What does unspontaneous mean?: Not spontaneous; halting or rehearsed
Where does unspontaneous come from?: Etymology tree English un- Latin sponte Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Late Latin spontāneuslbor. English spontaneous English unspontaneous From un- + spontaneous.

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