Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

well-regulated

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: well-reg-u-lat-ed
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Orderly, properly maintained, and efficiently managed.

Example Sentences

"Each well-regulated Indian Cemetery keeps half a dozen graves permanently open for contingencies and incidental wear and tear."

Inflected Forms

more well-regulated (comparative) most well-regulated (superlative)

Questions

What does well-regulated mean?: Orderly, properly maintained, and efficiently managed.

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