Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
WRETCHEDNESS
wretchedness
(noun) the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; “he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness”
wretchedness
(noun) the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant; “the wretchedness for which these prisons became known”; “the grey wretchedness of the rain”
misery, wretchedness, miserableness
(noun) a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; “the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wretchedness (usually uncountable, plural wretchednesses)
An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.
Source: Wiktionary
Wretch"ed*ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. A wretched object; anything despicably. [Obs.] Eat worms and such wretchedness. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BOOK
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