English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “motionless”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for motionless is mo-tion-less, with 2 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
mo-tion-less
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result mo-tion-less The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordmotionless
Hyphenationmo-tion-less
Break points2
Part of speechadjective
Pronunciationˈməʊʃ(ə)nləs
Word breaks

How “motionless” is split

mo·tion·less

For US English, the hyphenation result is mo-tion-less. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “motionless”

How do you hyphenate “motionless”?

In the US-English result used here, motionless is hyphenated as mo-tion-less.

Where can “motionless” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.

What does “motionless” mean?

not moving; stationary.

Can you use “motionless” in a sentence?

“an eagle hung almost motionless close to the ground”

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