Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unvested

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: un-vest-ed
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not vested: not free of contingencies

verb

simple past and past participle of unvest

Example Sentences

"Including unvested stock options, which increase the value of a deal, the companies put the transaction at $4.1 billion."

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 vested English unvested From un- + vested.

Questions

What does unvested mean?: Not vested: not free of contingencies
Where does unvested 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 vested English unvested From un- + vested.

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