Unadvancement

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Failure to advance. uncountable

    "Some of us are concentrating on what Mahadevi is telling us, others on our own technological unadvancement. Here we are at what could be humankind's most momentous moment and we have picture-taking instruments that can't be relied on."

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"Some of us are concentrating on what Mahadevi is telling us, others on our own technological unadvancement. Here we are at what could be humankind's most momentous moment and we have picture-taking instruments that can't be relied on."

Etymology

From un- + advancement.

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