atactic

1. 1.

   lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia

   Synonymsataxic

Questions about atactic

What does atactic mean?

atactic means "lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia".

How many syllables are in atactic?

atactic has 3 syllables and divides as a-tac-tic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for atactic?

Close synonyms include ataxic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atactic a common word?

atactic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.