Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unwillingness

/ənwˈɪlɪŋnɪs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables: un-will-ing-ness
IPA: /ənwˈɪlɪŋnɪs/

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of being unwilling.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the second extract, the teacher formulated Anna's resistance as reported by Tonie as a prewillingness rather than unwillingness. She constructed Anna's prewillingness as founded in her precompetence, rather than incompetence."

Etymology

Etymology tree English unwilling Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unwillingness From unwilling + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

unwillingnesses (plural)

Synonyms

involuntariness

Questions

How do you pronounce unwillingness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənwˈɪlɪŋnɪs/.
What does unwillingness mean?: The property of being unwilling.
Where does unwillingness come from?: Etymology tree English unwilling Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unwillingness From unwilling + -ness.

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