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as in rudeness
the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste
the shameless lowness of the comedian's humor is something movie fans either love or hate
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as in weakness
the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor
her lingering illness reduced her to a state of lowness she had never known before
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowness
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The once-vaunted values of public life are now reduced to the lower standards of private life—venality, vulgarity, rudeness, incontinence, and ignorance.
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Tell her about the long, unwelcome chats, the bullying and the rudeness.
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The weakness that began in technology stocks spread through Asia and Europe on Tuesday, while precious metals also came under pressure as investors reassessed the path of interest rates.
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When the complex was being constructed, there were deviations from the building’s original design, contributing to structural weaknesses, the report said.
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All your Dad has to do is fill it and drink—the microfilter membrane will do the rest by removing chlorine odors, dirt, bacteria, and any other grossness floating around in there.
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There are no great surprises from here on out, though the sheer, lusty grossness of the fallout is occasionally startling.
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The title Wowed Out comes from James’ own phrase for the sensory exhaustion brought on by modern life.
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The war-weariness in Sadeq’s words reflects the exhaustion felt throughout Lebanon, but especially among the Shiites who form a third of its 6 million residents.
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The result is an aesthetic that skillfully balances a variety of textures, including injecting Shou Sugi Ban custom treatments inspired by Japanese principles of wabi-sabi that typically employ elements of asymmetry, roughness, and simplicity.
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Features such as surface roughness and protruding fibers create more sites where particles can stick to the outer surface rather than passing through.
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But Zelenskyy’s decision to name a military unit after the UPA drew fury from Warsaw, which had already shown signs of war fatigue over the influx of refugees and economic drain of supporting Ukraine’s fight.
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Patients most often notice symptoms like swelling and fatigue, as Williams did.
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At the same time, Tacitus points readers to the prevalence and thus the normalization and commonness of this rhetoric, which can become an inseparable corollary of a program of making war.
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The biggest enemy of scientific progress isn’t groupthink at all, despite the commonness of this accusation.
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As Kasubhai observed, despite its legal feebleness, Kennedy’s declaration and its explicit threat has had a concrete impact on the provision of gender-affirming services to American youths.
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Signs of disease include warts on legs, crusty or swollen eyes, feebleness, a ruffled appearance, difficulty breathing, nasal discharge, and diarrhea.
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“Lowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowness. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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