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uncostliness

uncostliness noun: the state or quality of being low in cost.

Noun

uncostliness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being low in cost
    • It must be admitted, however, that utilitarian writers in general have placed the superiority of mental over bodily pleasures chiefly in the greater permanency, safety, uncostliness, &c., of the former[…].1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism
    Synonyms:
    inexpensiveness

Synonyms of uncostliness

Origin of uncostliness

From uncostly + -ness.

Questions about uncostliness

What does uncostliness mean?
Uncostliness means the state or quality of being low in cost.
What part of speech is uncostliness?
Uncostliness is a noun.

Words near uncostliness in the dictionary

  1. uncorruptness
  2. uncorseted
  3. uncosseted
  4. uncostable
  5. uncosted
  6. uncostliness
  7. uncostly
  8. uncostumed
  9. uncosy
  10. uncottaged
  11. uncottoned

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