Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

up-to-dateness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: up---to--date-ness
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

7

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or degree of being up to date.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Outside of politics, the telephone and the cable, all up-to-dateness offends him."
"[…] he venerated Big Brother, he rejoiced over victories, he hated heretics, not merely with sincerity but with a sort of restless zeal, an up-to-dateness of information, which the ordinary Party member did not approach."
"Of all historical periods, modernity is the only one to designate itself, vacuously, in terms of its up-to-dateness."

Etymology

From up-to-date + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: up-to-date

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

up-to-datenesses (plural)

Synonyms

currentness currency

Questions

What does up-to-dateness mean?: The quality or degree of being up to date.
Where does up-to-dateness come from?: From up-to-date + -ness.

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