Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weapons inspector

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: weapon-s in-spec-tor
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An official (originally and chiefly one working for the United Nations) whose job is to examine the potential military research sites or equipment of a given state, as a means of ensuring disarmament or assessing compliance with arms treaties etc.

Example Sentences

"The UN security council is edging towards a compromise resolution on Iraq demanding unfettered access for weapons inspectors to Saddam Hussein's eight presidential palaces."
"As a United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq, I worked closely with the IAEA to investigate Iraq’s past nuclear weapons programme, and I have confidence in the IAEA’s ability to implement the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty."

Inflected Forms

weapons inspectors (plural)

Questions

What does weapons inspector mean?: An official (originally and chiefly one working for the United Nations) whose job is to examine the potential military research sites or equipment of a given state, as a means of ensuring disarmament or assessing compliance with arms treaties etc.

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