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tatteredness

tatteredness noun: the quality of being tattered.

Noun

tatteredness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being tattered.
    • A poor man who genuinely shrinks from observation because of his tatteredness is one of the most pity-moving sights that can be seen[…]1870, The Sunday Magazine, page 366

Synonyms of tatteredness

Origin of tatteredness

From tattered + -ness.

Questions about tatteredness

What does tatteredness mean?
Tatteredness means the quality of being tattered.
What part of speech is tatteredness?
Tatteredness is a noun.

Words near tatteredness in the dictionary

  1. tatterdemalion
  2. tatterdemalionism
  3. tatterdemalions
  4. tattered
  5. tatteredly
  6. tatteredness
  7. tatterer
  8. tatterers
  9. tattering
  10. tatterly
  11. tatters

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