how to pronounce miscreant
/ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/
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miscreant is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of miscreant in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… to perhaps its biggest miscreant of all …”
meanings of miscreant
noun:
- One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.
- One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
- One who has behaved badly, or illegally. The teacher sent the miscreants to see the school principal.
adjective:
- Holding an incorrect religious belief.
- Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
miscreant frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word miscreant occurs in english on average 0.2 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 miscreant 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 miscreant can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) people, society, and culture;
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