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unadvancement

unadvancement noun: failure to advance.

Noun

unadvancement (uncountable)

  1. Failure to advance.
    • Some of us are concentrating on what Mahadevi is telling us, others on our own technological unadvancement. Here we are at what could be humankind's most momentous moment and we have picture-taking instruments that can't be relied on.2015, Inez Baranay, 7 Stories, 2 Novellas, page 45

Origin of unadvancement

From un- + advancement.

Questions about unadvancement

What does unadvancement mean?
Unadvancement means failure to advance.
What part of speech is unadvancement?
Unadvancement is a noun.

Words near unadvancement in the dictionary

  1. unadulteration
  2. unadulterous
  3. unadulterously
  4. unadumbrated
  5. unadvanced
  6. unadvancement
  7. unadvancing
  8. unadvantaged
  9. unadvantageous
  10. unadvantageously
  11. unadventitious

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