unanxious

adj

"unanxious" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“unanxious” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not anxious.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unanxious · unanxious · English

unanxious · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for unanxious
PropertyValue
Headwordunanxious
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unanxious” in English

unanxioussits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unanxious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not anxious.".

unanxious doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + anxious. The correct English form is unanxious, spelled U-N-A-N-X-I-O-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not anxious.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how unanxious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The Oorya, not unanxious to play off one parasite against the other, slunk away toward the dovecot.
  2. 1970, Raymond Apthorpe, University of Sussex. Institute of Development Studies, People Planning and Development Studies: Some Reflections on Social Planning Governments might, like those of America and Canada, produce cheap brochures explaining to parents how to bring up honest, unanxious, kindly, non-bed-wetting, co-operative children.

Etymology

From un- + anxious.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unanxious"?
"unanxious" is spelled U-N-A-N-X-I-O-U-S.
What does "unanxious" mean?
As an adjective, "unanxious" means: Not anxious.
What is the origin of the word "unanxious"?
From un- + anxious. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list