Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unwinding

/ənwˈaɪndɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables: un-wind-ing
IPA: /ənwˈaɪndɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of unwind

noun

The act by which something is unwound.

adj

Not winding or meandering; straight, direct.

Example Sentences

"the long and unwinding road to recovery"

Inflected Forms

unwindings (plural)

Derived Forms

unwindingly

Rhymes With

finding binding grinding reminding winding blinding minding nonbinding

Questions

How do you pronounce unwinding?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənwˈaɪndɪŋ/.
What does unwinding mean?: present participle and gerund of unwind

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