unspecialness
unspecialness noun: the state or quality of being unspecial.
Noun
unspecialness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being unspecial.
- Maybe human civilisation is like a single life – we grow out of the royalty of childhood into supreme normality; we find out about our own unspecialness and in a flush of innocence we feel quite glad – if we’re not special then we might not be alone.2023, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, Jonathan Cape, page 29
- Her work for the New Scientist includes an article about the debate about the impact of the Human Genome Project and the unspecialness of being human.2024 May 20, Wikipedia contributors, “Christine Kenneally”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation
- Synonyms:
- ordinariness
Synonyms of unspecialness
Origin of unspecialness
From unspecial + -ness.
Questions about unspecialness
- What does unspecialness mean?
- Unspecialness means the state or quality of being unspecial.
- What part of speech is unspecialness?
- Unspecialness is a noun.
Words near unspecialness in the dictionary
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