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unreckonable

reck·on
U u

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rek-uh n]
    • /ˈrɛk ən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rek-uh n]
    • /ˈrɛk ən/

Definitions of unreckonable word

  • verb with object unreckonable to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount. 1
  • verb with object unreckonable to esteem or consider; regard as: to be reckoned an authority in the field. 1
  • verb with object unreckonable Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to think or suppose. 1
  • verb without object unreckonable to count; make a computation or calculation. 1
  • verb without object unreckonable to settle accounts, as with a person (often followed by up). 1
  • verb without object unreckonable to count, depend, or rely, as in expectation (often followed by on). 1
See all 9 definitions of unreckonable

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Origin of unreckonable

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English rekenen, Old English gerecenian (attested once) to report, pay; cognate with German rechnen to compute

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Parts of speech for Unreckonable

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Unreckonable

unreckonable popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

unreckonable usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for unreckonable

adj unreckonable

  • alive with — teeming with; full of (living or moving things)
  • fluctuant — fluctuating; varying; unstable.
  • immeasurable — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
  • incalculable — very numerous or great.
  • incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.

adjective unreckonable

  • jillion — an indefinitely vast number; zillion.
  • zillion — an extremely large, indeterminate number.
All 8 Synonyms of unreckonable

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