how to pronounce shameful

/ˈʃɛɪmfəl/

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shameful is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… i think that the policy was shameful i …”

meaning of shameful

Shameful means causing or deserving shame or disgrace.

shameful frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word shameful occurs in english on average 3.9 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 shameful 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 shameful can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;