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untenured

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
un-tenured
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking tenure (permanence at an academic job).

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 tenured English untenured From un- + tenured.

Antonyms

tenured

Questions

What does untenured mean?
Lacking tenure (permanence at an academic job).
Where does untenured 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 tenured English untenured From un- + tenured.

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