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unvirtuous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-vir-tu-ous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not virtuous; having no virtue.

Etymology

From Middle English unvertuose, unvertuous, equivalent to un- + virtuous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unvirtuous (comparative) most unvirtuous (superlative)

Derived Forms

unvirtuously unvirtuousness

Questions

What does unvirtuous mean?
Not virtuous; having no virtue.
Where does unvirtuous come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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