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badnesses

badnesses is the plural of badness.

Meaning of badness

Noun

badness (countable and uncountable, plural badnesses)

  1. The quality or degree of being bad.
    • The badness of a dignitary harm derives from the victim's belief that a perpetrator is willing to override or ignore her standing as a person with rights, with dignity, as evidenced by the wrongful criminal deed; […]2015, J. M. Bernstein, Torture and Dignity: An Essay on Moral Injury, page 140

Questions about badnesses

What is badnesses the plural of?
Badnesses is the plural of badness.

Words near badnesses in the dictionary

  1. badmouths
  2. badnaviral
  3. badnavirus
  4. badnaviruses
  5. badness
  6. badnesses
  7. badnik
  8. badniks
  9. Badoc
  10. Badoglian
  11. Badolato

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