unremunerative

adj

"unremunerative" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“unremunerative” 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 remunerative.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unremunerative · unremunerative · English

unremunerative · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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 unremunerative
PropertyValue
Headwordunremunerative
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unremunerative” in English

unremunerativeranks 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

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

Zero misspellings are on record for unremunerative in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + remunerative. The correct English form is unremunerative, spelled U-N-R-E-M-U-N-E-R-A-T-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not remunerative.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Such a comparatively unremunerative occupation as that of carrying a few score head of cattle six times a year from Port Zodiac to Port Marivelles was not worth a ship-owner's thought […]
  2. It is particularly desirable to obtain photographs of rural stations, both with and without a train, in view of the threatened wholesale closure of unremunerative branches throughout the country.

Etymology

From un- + remunerative.

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 "unremunerative"?
"unremunerative" is spelled U-N-R-E-M-U-N-E-R-A-T-I-V-E.
What does "unremunerative" mean?
As an adjective, "unremunerative" means: Not remunerative.
What is the origin of the word "unremunerative"?
From un- + remunerative. 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