how to pronounce infamous

/ˈɪnfəməs/

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infamous is pronounced in three syllables

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ɪnfəməs

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An example use of infamous in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… some of the most infamous clogs in sewer …”

meaning of infamous

Infamous means well-known for a bad quality.

infamous frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word infamous occurs in english on average 9.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics infamous can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that infamous can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

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