Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unusualness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables: un-usu-al-ness
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition or state of being unusual.

Uncountable

noun

Something unusual; an aberration.

Countable

Example Sentences

"The pale, inscrutable determinateness, and flinchless intrepidity of Pierre, now began to domineer upon them; for any social unusualness or greatness is sometimes most impressive in the retrospect."
"`Was it a housekeeper?' He was the rouseabout, wearing his best clothes with awful unusualness."

Etymology

From unusual + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: unusual

Usage

Inflected Forms

unusualnesses (plural)

Synonyms

abnormality remarkableness weirdness abnormalcy abnormalism abnormity anomalousness atypicality crotchet deviancy eccentricity enormity

Questions

What does unusualness mean?: The condition or state of being unusual.
Where does unusualness come from?: From unusual + -ness.

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