slowness
The quality or state of being slowThe quality or state of being slow.
» My daughter's slowness to take action is a pain.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The quality or state of being slow.
Langsamkeit, Trägheit
медли́тельностьmedlítelʹnostʹ
пові́льністьpovílʹnistʹ
(uncountable, usually)A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.
- a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Examples
5 sentencesMy daughter's slowness to take action is a pain.
The railroad isn't to blame for the slowness of the mail.
ruНельзя винить железную дорогу за медленную доставку почты. — sharptoothed
Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
Swiftness is sublime, slowness superb.
I started reading up about sloths and got more and more convinced that slowness is a strategic advantage in some situations.
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Forms
plural: slownesses| Singular | slowness |
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uncountable
Synonyms
12 synonyms- a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry:deliberationdeliberatenessunhurriedness
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities:retardationmental retardationbackwardnesssubnormality
- unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training:awkwardnessclumsinessineptnessineptitudemaladroitness
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable