Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untrading

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-trad-ing
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not engaging in commerce.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Men leave estates to their children in land, as not so liable to casualties as money in untrading and unskilful hands."
"This income enabled him to give up general bookselling in 1762 and buy Linden House, a mansion valued at a colossal £12,000, in the suburbs at Turnham Green, where he was a regular at the Presbyterian church, kept a carriage and lived in some style. He became, through literature, 'an independent, untrading gentleman' […]"

Etymology

From un- + trading.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does untrading mean?: Not engaging in commerce.
Where does untrading come from?: From un- + trading.

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