ungood
/ˌʌnˈɡʊd/adjective, noun
ungood is spelled U-N-G-O-O-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, ungood means “Not good; bad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ungood?
| Letters | 6: U-N-G-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ungood?
Ungood appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th 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 ungood?
- UK /ˌʌnˈɡʊd/
As a noun (“Lack or absence of good; goodlessness; bad”): /ˈʌnˌɡʊd/.
Ungood has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with ungood?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ungood from its last stressed vowel (/ʊd/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of ungood
- ungooder comparative
- more ungood comparative
- ungoodest superlative
- most ungood superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ungood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not good; bad.
- 2
Those who are not good; the wicked, evil, or bad.
noun
- 1
rareLack or absence of good; goodlessness; bad
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ungood in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense not good; bad:
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 ungood come from?
From Middle English ungod, from Old English ungōd, equivalent to un- (“not”) + good (adjective). Popularised by its appearance in Newspeak, a fictional language coined in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), a dystopian novel by George Orwell.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).