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issueness

issueness noun: the state, condition, or quality of being an issue or problem.

Noun

issueness (uncountable)

  1. The state, condition, or quality of being an issue or problem.
    • If it really is an obstruction to the emergence of the issue, then there should be a negative association between levels of industrial influence in the fifty sample cities and the issueness of air pollution in those cities.1970, Marvin Surkin, Alan Wolfe, Caucus for a New Political Science (U.S.), An End to political science: the Caucus papers - Page 148
    • These properties capture the 'issueness' of a social problem. If they were easily operationalized, a scale measuring issueness could be derived simply by adding the scores of an issue on the dimensions above.1999, Jan-Erik Lane, Svante O. Ersson, Politics and Society in Western Europe - Page 267

Origin of issueness

From issue + -ness.

Questions about issueness

What does issueness mean?
Issueness means the state, condition, or quality of being an issue or problem.
What part of speech is issueness?
Issueness is a noun.

Words near issueness in the dictionary

  1. issuee
  2. issuefic
  3. issueing
  4. issueless
  5. issuelessness
  6. issueness
  7. issuer
  8. issuers
  9. issues
  10. issuest
  11. issueth

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