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meanness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Meanness \Mean"ness\, n. 1. The condition, or quality, of being mean want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess. This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship. --Addison. 2. A mean act as to be guilty of meanness. --Goldsmith. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: meanness n 1: the quality of being deliberately mean [syn: {beastliness}] 2: extreme stinginess [syn: {minginess}, {niggardliness}, {niggardness}, {parsimony}, {parsimoniousness}, {tightness}, {tightfistedness}, {closeness}]
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