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unphonetic

unphonetic adjective: not phonetic.

Adjective

unphonetic (not comparable)

  1. Not phonetic.
    • English spelling, although unphonetic and antiphonetic, was inherited from our ancestors and has served magnificently in the glorious past. The weak spot in English spelling, however, can be easily healed with the global alphabet.1945, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, Global Alphabet: Hearing Before the Committee..., page 69

Origin of unphonetic

From un- + phonetic.

Words formed from unphonetic

Questions about unphonetic

What does unphonetic mean?
Unphonetic means not phonetic.
What part of speech is unphonetic?
Unphonetic is an adjective.

Words near unphonetic in the dictionary

  1. unphlegmatically
  2. unphonated
  3. unphoned
  4. unphonemic
  5. unphonemicized
  6. unphonetic
  7. unphonetically
  8. unphoneticness
  9. unphosphated
  10. unphosphatized
  11. unphosphorothioated

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