how to pronounce wanton

/ˈwɒn.tən/

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wanton is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of wanton in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… this act of wanton economic self-harm …”

meaning of wanton

Wanton means unrestrained by moral or social restraints.

wanton frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word wanton occurs in english on average 1.5 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 wanton 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 wanton can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;