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balkiness

balkiness noun: the state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.

Noun

balkiness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.
    • […] he was mildly annoyed to find that the chair shifted itself—remote control over objects was a labor-saver and probably a money-saver […] and obviously to be preferred to the blind balkiness of mechanical gadgets. Nevertheless Jubal was not used to telecontrol done without wires or waves […]1961, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter 36, in Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC, page 391

Origin of balkiness

From balky + -ness.

Questions about balkiness

What does balkiness mean?
Balkiness means the state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.
What part of speech is balkiness?
Balkiness is a noun.

Words near balkiness in the dictionary

  1. balkier
  2. balkies
  3. balkiest
  4. balkily
  5. Balkin
  6. balkiness
  7. balking
  8. balkingly
  9. balkings
  10. balkish
  11. balkline

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