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smartlessness

smartlessness noun: the state or quality of not being smart (intelligent).

Noun

smartlessness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state or quality of not being smart (intelligent).
    • I was not smart. […] (Now, I thank God for my "smartlessness" which paved the way to study Sanskrit language. […]1991, Joseph Padinjarekara, “Acknowledgements”, in Christ in Ancient Vedas, Burlington, Ont. Canada: Welch Publishing Company Inc., →ISBN, unnumbered page
    • But Donnie doesn't look smart. You can spot his smartlessness twelve miles away, like a throbbing neon sign.2006, Michelle Tea, chapter 1, in Rose of No Man's Land, review copy edition, San Francisco, CA: MacAdam/Cage, →ISBN, page 13

Origin of smartlessness

From smart + -less + -ness.

Questions about smartlessness

What does smartlessness mean?
Smartlessness means the state or quality of not being smart (intelligent).
What part of speech is smartlessness?
Smartlessness is a noun.

Words near smartlessness in the dictionary

  1. Smartism
  2. smartle
  3. smartled
  4. smartles
  5. smartless
  6. smartlessness
  7. smartlet
  8. smartlets
  9. smartling
  10. smartlings
  11. smartly

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