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dead-handedness

dead-handedness noun: the state or quality of being dead-handed.

Noun

dead-handedness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being dead-handed.
    • If that is not bureaucratic nonsense enough and smacking of that terrible dead-handedness that lurks in all our megalopic jugger- Departments, ...1974, The New Law Journal - Volume 124, page 22

Forms of dead-handedness

alternative formdeadhandedness

Origin of dead-handedness

From dead-handed + -ness.

Questions about dead-handedness

What does dead-handedness mean?
Dead-handedness means the state or quality of being dead-handed.
What part of speech is dead-handedness?
Dead-handedness is a noun.

Words near dead-handedness in the dictionary

  1. dead-eye Dick
  2. dead-eye Dicks
  3. dead-eyed
  4. dead-eyes
  5. dead-handed
  6. dead-handedness
  7. dead-hearted
  8. dead-heartedly
  9. dead-heartedness
  10. dead-in-shell
  11. dead-leg

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