disinherited

1. 1.

   deprived of your rightful heritage

   Similarunloved

Questions about disinherited

What does disinherited mean?

disinherited means "deprived of your rightful heritage".

How many syllables are in disinherited?

disinherited has 5 syllables: di-sin-he-ri-ted. The stress falls on "he".

Is disinherited a common word?

disinherited 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.