Bulkiness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being bulky, or of having bulk. uncountable, usually

    "The bulkiness of those commodities which are the chief productions of the soil, necessarily imposes very heavy charges on their transportation, to distant markets."

  2. 2
    an unwieldy largeness wordnet

Synonyms

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impracticalityinconveniencemassivenessponderousnessunmanageability

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"The bulkiness of those commodities which are the chief productions of the soil, necessarily imposes very heavy charges on their transportation, to distant markets."

Etymology

From bulky + -ness.

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