Liability

Definition

1. (noun) An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
2. (noun) A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; an individual or action that exposes others to greater risk.
3. (noun) The likelihood of something happening.
4. (noun) The condition of being susceptible to something.

Word stats

• Liability contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
• It uses 6 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 4.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 14.

Words you can build

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• lii
• lit
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Word neighbours

Other 9-letter words

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Words starting with LIA

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• liaised
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• liaison
• liaisons
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Words ending with ITY

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• accessibility
• accountability
• acerbity
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• activity
• actuality
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• adaptability
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