Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ill-formed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
il-l--formed
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Poorly formed.

adj

Not well-formed.

Inflected Forms

more ill-formed (comparative) most ill-formed (superlative)

Phrases

ill-formedness

Synonyms

ungrammatical

Questions

What does ill-formed mean?
Poorly formed.

How to pronounce ill-formed

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