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noun
The quality or state of being slow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriedness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pace, rate
Narrower terms: leisureliness, dilatoriness, procrastination
noun
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, subnormality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stupidity
Narrower terms: abnormality, mental defectiveness, moronity, mental deficiency, idiocy, amentia, imbecility
noun
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unskillfulness
Narrower terms: rustiness
History
Etymology tree English slow Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English slowness From slow + -ness.
Across languages
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
