slowness

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
  2. noun a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
  3. noun lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

Etymology

From slow + -ness.

In classic literature

Synonyms

awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness

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