What does unaffectionate mean?

unaffectionate means "lacking affection or warm feeling".

How many syllables are in unaffectionate?

unaffectionate has 6 syllables and divides as u-naf-fec-ti-o-nate 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 unaffectionate?

Close synonyms include detached, uncaring. 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 unaffectionate a common word?

unaffectionate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Unaffectionate — meaning, 2 synonyms and examples

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
lacking affection or warm feeling
“an uncaring person”
Synonymsdetached uncaring
Similarunloving

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What does unaffectionate mean?: unaffectionate means "lacking affection or warm feeling".
How many syllables are in unaffectionate?: unaffectionate has 6 syllables and divides as u-naf-fec-ti-o-nate 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.

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