dumpiness

Definition of dumpinessnext

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Noun
  • There were reasons aplenty for the disintegration of their form.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • This test will also be suborbital and is aimed at showing the new hardware works as expected; most previous Starship tests have ended in an explosion or with the disintegration of the rocket, although the most recent two tests were successful.
    Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • The decay rate will increase as the spacecraft dips into denser layers of the atmosphere until Swift finally burns up during reentry.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 June 2026
  • The Dirty Beaches founder’s own saxophone and trumpet lead the players’ cut-and-pasted recordings down dark alleys of decay and introspection, backdropped by percussive bangs and scrapes that suggest the construction of some great, mysterious superstructure.
    Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • The National Institute of Standards and Technology said long-term corrosion and the failure of multiple slab-to-column connections likely contributed to a progressive collapse after weeks of structural deterioration.
    Sergio Candido, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Heston is at his most gleefully cynical as Robert Thorn, a police detective who lives and works in a New York City decimated by environmental deterioration and dwindling resources.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 June 2026
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“Dumpiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumpiness. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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