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uncandidness

uncandidness noun: the quality of not being candid.

Noun

uncandidness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of not being candid.
    • The unsufficiency and uncandidness of his answer became painfully apparent in the dead silence of the room.1906 January–October, Joseph Conrad, chapter IX, in The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Collection of British Authors; 3995), copyright edition, London: Bernhard Tauchnitz, published 1907, →OCLC, page...

Origin of uncandidness

From uncandid + -ness.

Questions about uncandidness

What does uncandidness mean?
Uncandidness means the quality of not being candid.
What part of speech is uncandidness?
Uncandidness is a noun.

Words near uncandidness in the dictionary

  1. uncancels
  2. uncancerlike
  3. uncancerous
  4. uncandid
  5. uncandidly
  6. uncandidness
  7. uncandied
  8. uncandled
  9. uncandor
  10. uncandour
  11. uncaned

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