1 | preposition | except if, on the condition that, under the circumstances that 2 | conjunction | except if, on the condition that, under the circumstances that

uhnl'es (IPA: ənlˈɛs)

un-less (6 letters | 2 syllables)

1467 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (558 years ago)

written: 902nd most common (1 in 9174 words) ( > 99% conjunction | 0% preposition)

spoken: 588th most common (1 in 8197 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

without

acquiesce | aggress | assess | bless | caress | chess | coalesce | confess | convalesce | cress | depress | digress | dispossess | distress | dress | ... (total: 47) (based on typical American pronunciation)

sunless

(none among common words)

Mandarin Chinese: | 除非 (conjunction) Hindi: | यदि (conjunction) Arabic: | إلا إذا (conjunction) Spanish: | a menos que (general) | a no ser que (general) French: | à moins que (general)

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But | Except if | Hedge word | Proviso word | Ultimatum word | Word of qualification (total: 6) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

6 (International English) | 6 (North American English)

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