meanness

1 the quality of being deliberately mean [syn: beastliness]

2 extreme stinginess [syn: minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness]

English

Noun

1. The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.

   This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship. Addison

2. A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness.

Translations

• Spanish: mezquindad

References

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