unprepossessed

Name: unprepossessed, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English: 14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not prepossessed; unbiased

Corpus desk

Index EN-unprepossessed · unprepossessed · English

unprepossessed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
LEN-MEGA 14 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-THIN "U" thin
PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for unprepossessed
Property	Value
Headword	unprepossessed
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	14
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unprepossessed” in English

unprepossessedranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

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

unprepossessed doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + prepossessed. The correct English form is unprepossessed, spelled U-N-P-R-E-P-O-S-S-E-S-S-E-D.

Definition

1
Not prepossessed; unbiased

Etymology

From un- + prepossessed.

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 "unprepossessed"?

"unprepossessed" is spelled U-N-P-R-E-P-O-S-S-E-S-S-E-D.

What does "unprepossessed" mean?

As an adjective, "unprepossessed" means: Not prepossessed; unbiased

What is the origin of the word "unprepossessed"?

From un- + prepossessed. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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