Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

back-seat driven

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables
back--seat -driv-en
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does back-seat driven mean?
past participle of back-seat drive

How to pronounce back-seat driven

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