agedness

noun

1
as in maturity
the state of being an old person the advanced agedness of the patient was immediately obvious to the emergency room staff

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2
as in antiquity
the state of being something old the sheer ancientness of the Middle East impresses many first-time visitors

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agedness
  1. maturity
  2. antiquity
  3. age
Noun
  • Duration is a measurement of a bond's price sensitivity to fluctuations in rates, and issues with shorter maturities tend to have lower duration.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • There is no exhaustive review of AI maturity in the industry, but surveys suggest that many companies hit a wall with their pilot projects, leaving them at stage two.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of maturity
Noun
  • In antiquity, Rome’s aqueducts and China’s canals and flood-control works were the pipelines of centuries of hegemony.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Kennedy Center has long been home to hundreds of unique works of art and antiquities, including sculptures and tapestries, donated or loaned by individual benefactors and other countries, CNN notes.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of antiquity
Noun
  • Current facial recognition systems, originally developed for photographs, can compare faces despite differences in pose, lighting, expression, age, and image quality.
    — Karen Chernick, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Other foldables do this too — Samsung and Google and Huawei have been pushing the envelope of gadget-y smartphones for ages — but Apple’s played it so safe for so long that the Duo is legitimately surprising.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of age
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“Agedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agedness. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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