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ill-formedness

ill-formedness noun: the property of being ill-formed.

Noun

ill-formedness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being ill-formed.

Antonyms of ill-formedness

Origin of ill-formedness

From ill-formed + -ness.

Questions about ill-formedness

What does ill-formedness mean?
Ill-formedness means the property of being ill-formed.
What part of speech is ill-formedness?
Ill-formedness is a noun.

Words near ill-formedness in the dictionary

  1. ill-favoured
  2. ill-favouredness
  3. ill-fed
  4. ill-fitting
  5. ill-formed
  6. ill-formedness
  7. ill-fortune
  8. ill-fortunes
  9. ill-founded
  10. ill-got gains
  11. ill-gotten

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