how to pronounce wimpy

/ˈwɪmpiː/

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wimpy is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… it's incredibly wimpy as that's the …”

meaning of wimpy

Wimpy is a term for a person who is weak, timid, or cowardly.

wimpy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word wimpy occurs in english on average 1.2 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 wimpy 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 wimpy can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;