SLOWNESS

slowness, deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriedness

(noun) a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality

(noun) lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness

(noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

slowness (usually uncountable, plural slownesses)

The quality or state of being slow.

(physics) A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.

Anagrams

• snowless

Source: Wiktionary


Slow"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being slow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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