uncooperative
adjective
uncooperative is spelled U-N-C-O-O-P-E-R-A-T-I-V-E: 13 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, uncooperative means “Not cooperative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in uncooperative?
| Letters | 13: U-N-C-O-O-P-E-R-A-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is uncooperative?
Uncooperative appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce uncooperative?
Uncooperative has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of uncooperative
- more uncooperative comparative
- most uncooperative superlative
- unco-operative
- uncoöperative
- more uncoöperative comparative
- most uncoöperative superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does uncooperative mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not cooperative.
adjective
- 1
Alternative spelling of uncooperative.
These labourers were uncoöperative, had no interest at all in our investigations or were over-awed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does uncooperative come from?
From un- + cooperative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).