non-phonetic
adjective
languagespecialized(alsononphonetic)uk/ˌnɒn.fəˈnet.ɪk/us/ˌnɑːn.foʊˈnet̬.ɪk/Aspellingsystemcan bedescribedas non-phonetic if you cannot alwaysunderstandhow words arepronouncedsimplybylookingattheirspelling:
The non-phoneticnatureofEnglishcan made it a hardlanguagetolearn.
He wasstrugglingtomasterthedifficultiesof the non-phoneticspellingsystem.
- Thissystemuses non-phoneticsymbolsthatrepresentcompleteideas.
- Everylanguagehasitsodditiessuch asirregularconjugationsand nonphonetic spellings.
- Everyone who did thetestwasaskedtoreadaloudalistof non-phonetic words.
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