Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yieldless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yield-less
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not providing any yield or return.

adj

Archaic

Example Sentences

"In the sample case of riskless and yieldless money, and a multivariate normal distribution for the yields of all other assets, Tobin's famous separation theorem implies that a proportional tax decreases the demand for money and increases the demand for all risky assets."
"And Death's grim hands grip hard below / At mortared seams of the yieldless stone"

Etymology

From yield + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: yield

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does yieldless mean?: Not providing any yield or return.
Where does yieldless come from?: From yield + -less.

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