Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unteeming

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-teem-ing
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That does not teem.

adj

Barren; infertile.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"What is Death / But Life in act? How should the Unteeming Grave / Be victor over thee, / Mother, a mother of men?"
"Usually, though, the light days in the water were unbiological, unteeming times."
"the unteeming womb"

Etymology

From un- + teeming.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does unteeming mean?: That does not teem.
Where does unteeming come from?: From un- + teeming.

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