Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

far-sightedness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: far-sight-ed-ness
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of farsightedness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Marc Brunel was a royalist refugee from revolutionary France. He specialised in ideas that were ahead of their time - of which he seems to have had one a week - and he had a gift for making those around him seem churlish and reactionary in comparison to his own far-sightedness."

Etymology

From far-sighted + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does far-sightedness mean?: Alternative form of farsightedness.
Where does far-sightedness come from?: From far-sighted + -ness.

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