weak-stemmed

1. 1.

   having a weak stem

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Questions about weak-stemmed

What does weak-stemmed mean?

weak-stemmed means "having a weak stem".

How many syllables are in weak-stemmed?

weak-stemmed has 3 syllables and divides as weak--stem-med 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.

Is weak-stemmed a common word?

weak-stemmed 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.