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lameness

lameness noun: an impediment to walking due to the feet or legs.

Noun

lameness (countable and uncountable, plural lamenesses)

  1. An impediment to walking due to the feet or legs.
    • His lameness may have prevented him from walking but it didn't stop him from running for public office.
  2. (informal) The quality of being lame, pathetic or uncool.
    • I can't believe the lameness of the special effects in that movie.

lameness meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

lameness in Tamil

நடை தடுமாற்றம், கால் நொண்டி, நொண்டித் தனம்

lameness in Urdu

ادھورا پن, لنگ, لنگڑا پن, لولا پن

lameness in Telugu

lameness
కుంటితనము kuṇṭitanamu, కుంటు kuṇṭu

lameness in Malayalam

lameness
മുടന്ത് muṭantŭ
More languagesFewer languages
lameness in Kannada
ಕುಂಟಿತನ

Forms of lameness

plurallamenesses

Origin of lameness

From lame + -ness.

Questions about lameness

What does lameness mean?
Lameness means an impediment to walking due to the feet or legs.
What is lameness in Tamil?
Lameness in Tamil is நடை தடுமாற்றம், கால் நொண்டி, நொண்டித் தனம். See Lameness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lameness?
Lameness is a noun.
What is the plural of lameness?
The plural of lameness is lamenesses.

Words near lameness in the dictionary

  1. lamels
  2. lamely
  3. lamen
  4. Lamendola
  5. Lamendolas
  6. lameness
  7. lamenesse
  8. lamenesses
  9. lament
  10. Lament.
  11. lamentability

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lameness (page history and authors); lameness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lameness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కుంటితనము (Telugu) (page history and authors); മുടന്ത് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); lameness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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