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mean-spirited

How many syllables in mean-spirited?

  4 syllables

Divide mean-spirited into syllables:   mean-spir-it-ed
Primary syllable stress:   mean-spir-it-ed
Secondary syllable stress:   mean-spir-it-ed
How to say mean-spirited:

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