how to pronounce selfless

/ˈsɛlfləs/

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the above transcription of selfless is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

selfless is pronounced in two syllables

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sɛlfləs

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

“… caps off to our selfless seniors you've …”

meaning of selfless

Selfless means without regard for one's own interests.

selfless frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word selfless occurs in english on average 2.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics selfless 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 selfless can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;

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