Slowness

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being slow. uncountable, usually

    "Impatience with the intellectual slowness of others, narcissism and passion for one's mission in life might combine to make such individuals isolative and difficult."

  2. 2
    a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry wordnet
  3. 3
    A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    lack of normal development of intellectual capacities wordnet
  5. 5
    unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training wordnet

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Example

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"My daughter's slowness to take action is a pain."

Etymology

From slow + -ness.

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