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unsweetness

unsweetness noun: the quality of not being sweet.

Noun

unsweetness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of not being sweet.
    • Sickness is cramped psychic quarters and joylessness, an extreme and perhaps prolonged unsweetness.2017, Jennie Hirsh, Contemporary Art and Classical Myth, page 332

Origin of unsweetness

From un- + sweetness or unsweet + -ness.

Questions about unsweetness

What does unsweetness mean?
Unsweetness means the quality of not being sweet.
What part of speech is unsweetness?
Unsweetness is a noun.

Words near unsweetness in the dictionary

  1. unsweeten
  2. unsweetened
  3. unsweetening
  4. unsweetens
  5. unsweetly
  6. unsweetness
  7. unswell
  8. unswelled
  9. unswelling
  10. unswells
  11. unsweltered

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