Hyphenation of “dark-complexioned”
The standard US-English hyphenation shown for dark-complexioned is dark---com-plex-ioned, with 3 possible break points in this result.
US English hyphenation
dark---com-plex-ioned
4 segments3 break points
British English pattern result
dark--com-plex-ioned
The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
What does “dark-complexioned” mean?
dark-complexioned: (of a person) having brown or black skin.
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adjective
(of a person) having brown or black skin.
Example: “a black-haired, dark-complexioned man”
How “dark-complexioned” is split
dark·com·plex·ioned
For US English, the hyphenation result is dark---com-plex-ioned. This gives 3 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns dark--com-plex-ioned.
Questions about “dark-complexioned”
How do you hyphenate “dark-complexioned”?
In the US-English result used here, dark-complexioned is hyphenated as dark---com-plex-ioned.
Where can “dark-complexioned” break at the end of a line?
The returned US pattern contains 3 possible break points.
What does “dark-complexioned” mean?
(of a person) having brown or black skin.
Can you use “dark-complexioned” in a sentence?
“a black-haired, dark-complexioned man”