"meanness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meannesses [plural]
Etymology: mean + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mean|ness}} mean + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} meanness (countable and uncountable, plural meannesses)
  1. (uncountable) The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions) Tags: uncountable Translations (the condition or quality of being mean): низост (nizost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), подлост (podlost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), gemeenheid [feminine] (Dutch), αχρειότητα (achreiótita) [feminine] (Greek), cneámhaireacht [feminine] (Irish), suarachas [masculine] (Irish), grettezza [feminine] (Italian), meschinità [feminine] (Italian), taccagneria [feminine] (Italian), 卑劣 (hiretsu) (Japanese), 下劣 (geretsu) (Japanese), zemiskums [masculine] (Latvian), draństwo [neuter] (Polish), nikczemność [feminine] (Polish), podłość [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-meanness-en-noun-FGO3BkTh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'the condition or quality of being mean': 96 4
  2. (countable) A mean act. Tags: countable Translations (a mean act): gemene daad [feminine] (Dutch), malnoblaĵo (Esperanto), abjection (French), Gemeinheit [feminine] (German), Fiesheit [feminine] (German), gemeines Benehmen [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-meanness-en-noun-e0TfGo6H Disambiguation of 'a mean act': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meandom

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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "the condition or quality of being mean",
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      "sense": "the condition or quality of being mean",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "the condition or quality of being mean",
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      "sense": "the condition or quality of being mean",
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      "sense": "the condition or quality of being mean",
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      "sense": "a mean act",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gemene daad"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a mean act",
      "word": "malnoblaĵo"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a mean act",
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a mean act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Gemeinheit"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a mean act",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Fiesheit"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a mean act",
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      "word": "gemeines Benehmen"
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