well-regarded
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.28 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Admired, highly thought of, approved of.
Example Sentences
- "James Forstner was a well-regarded juvenile probation officer in San Francisco. He was, that is, until last fall when he began sporting a beard."
- ""He has to be one of the most well-regarded individuals among senior Government officials and corporations worldwide. He can get a meeting with anyone he wants.""
- "The CIRC, made up of a three-strong panel chaired by the well-regarded Swiss politician Dick Marty, will conduct its hearings in private."
- "Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in."
Inflected Forms
more well-regarded (comparative)
most well-regarded (superlative)