Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unteachable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: un-teach-able
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

noun

Someone who cannot be taught.

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 teachable English unteachable From un- + teachable.

Inflected Forms

more unteachable (comparative) most unteachable (superlative) unteachables (plural)

Derived Forms

unteachableness unteachably

Questions

What does unteachable mean?: Not teachable.
Where does unteachable 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 teachable English unteachable From un- + teachable.

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