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ungoodness

ungoodness noun: the quality of being ungood, or bad; badness.

Noun

ungoodness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being ungood, or bad; badness.
    • Goodness owes allegiance of love to ungoodness. Power is the natural protector of weakness.c. 1870-1871, Henry Ward Beecher, "Man's Will and God's Love", in Plymouth Pulpit
    • in this long list I find goodness the rule & ungoodness the exception1899, Mark Twain, letter to his wife

Origin of ungoodness

From ungood + -ness.

Questions about ungoodness

What does ungoodness mean?
Ungoodness means the quality of being ungood, or bad; badness.
What part of speech is ungoodness?
Ungoodness is a noun.

Words near ungoodness in the dictionary

  1. ungood
  2. ungooder
  3. ungoodest
  4. ungoodliness
  5. ungoodly
  6. ungoodness
  7. ungoofy
  8. ungooglable
  9. ungoogleable
  10. ungoonable
  11. ungored

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