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undeterred

adjective

undeterred is spelled U-N-D-E-T-E-R-R-E-D: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, undeterred means “Not deterred or put off; undiscouraged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in undeterred?

Letters10: U-N-D-E-T-E-R-R-E-D
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 3 million words; the 49,368th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 undeterred?

Undeterred appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th 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 undeterred?

    Undeterred has 3 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 undeterred

    • more undeterred comparative
    • most undeterred superlative

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does undeterred mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      Not deterred or put off; undiscouraged.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Undeterred in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    In the sense undiscouraged:

    LanguageWords
    Germanunentmutigt, unbeirrt, unverzagt
    Spanishno disuadido, indeterrido, poco desalentado, impertérrito, impasible

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

    Where does undeterred come from?

    From un- + deterred.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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