looseness
UK/ˈluːsnəs/
looseness noun: the quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut.
Noun
looseness (plural loosenesses)
- The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut.
- See if that nut has too much looseness and tighten it if it does.
- A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.
- Moral laxity; licentiousness.
- Yet goodly court he made still to his Dame, / Pourd out in loosnesse on the grassy grownd [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
looseness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
looseness in Hindi
- The property of being loose
- शिथिलता śithiltā
looseness in Tamil
- நசுநசெனல், சழுக்கம், ஈடாட்டம், புலபுலப்பு, தொய்வு, நுகைவு
looseness in Marathi
- looseness
- सैलपणा sailapaṇā
looseness in Urdu
- ڈھیل
More languagesFewer languages
- looseness in Bengali
- দৃঢ়তা, আটকানো, টানটান না থাকা, নৈতিক শিথিলতা
- looseness in Telugu
- వెలితి veliti
- looseness in Kannada
- ಸಡಿಲ saḍila
- looseness in Punjabi
- ਢਿੱਲ ḍhilla
- looseness in Sanskrit
- शिथिलत्व śithilatva, शिथिल śithilá
Forms of looseness
| plural | loosenesses |
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Origin of looseness
From loose + -ness.
Questions about looseness
- What does looseness mean?
- Looseness means the quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut.
- What is looseness in Hindi?
- Looseness in Hindi is शिथिलता (śithiltā). See Looseness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is looseness?
- Looseness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce looseness?
- Looseness is pronounced /ˈluːsnəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of looseness?
- The plural of looseness is loosenesses.
Words near looseness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: looseness (page history and authors); looseness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सैलपणा (Marathi) (page history and authors); looseness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); looseness (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); వెలితి (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಸಡಿಲ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਢਿੱਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); शिथिल (Sanskrit) (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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