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Hyphenation of hand-me-downs

How to hyphenate hand-me-downs

Because it is a word with a single syllable, hand-me-downs is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

hand-me-downs
Syllables Count
1
Characters Count
13
Words Count
3
Characters without spaces Count
13
Haphenation done based on the Knuth-Liang word-division algorithm. The computed hyphenation pattern is: downs

Definitions of hand-me-downs

hand-me-downs is defined as:

Definition 1 as noun

  • noun
    An item that is passed along for someone else to use; especially, a piece of clothing or other item which has been outgrown by an older sibling and passed down to a younger one.

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What is hyphenation

Hyphenation is the process of dividing words across lines in print or on websites. It involves inserting hyphens (-) where a word breaks to continue on the next line.

Proper hyphenation improves readability by reducing the unevenness of word spacing and unnecessary large gaps. It also helps avoid confusion that may occur when part of a word carries over. Ideal hyphenation should break words according to pronunciation and syllables. Most word processors and publishing apps have automated tools to handle hyphenation effectively based on language rules and dictionaries. Though subtle, proper hyphenation improves overall typography and reading comfort.