1
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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2
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
Noun
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Dissatisfaction isn’t rudeness or ingratitude.—
David Williamson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2026 -
Third, one rudeness does not justify another.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Together, the cases highlight weaknesses in an industry that has long struggled to balance nutritional innovation with safety.—
Jillian Deutsch,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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In signing Díaz and Tucker, Los Angeles addressed two areas of weakness by throwing money at the top option on the market.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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That exhaustion after meetings that drain rather than energize you.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Managing the logistics of displacement is further complicated by endless paperwork, insurance claims, Federal Emergency Management Agency forms and the exhaustion of grief.—
Tara Anne Dalbow,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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He is charged with open and lewd grossness.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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In fact, plenty of other things in your home surpass the toilet in terms of grossness.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That fatigue shows up in churn.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Sometimes the quickest cure to outfit fatigue is simply adding a bright hue into the mix—below are 15 to consider.—
Fred Sahai,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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What constitutes pass interference or unnecessary roughness can vary dramatically from one crew to another, and even from quarter to quarter within the same game.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, shea butter softens roughness and delivers a youthful glow.—
Sophie Wirt,
InStyle,
17 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Timothy Joseph,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2026
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The biggest enemy of scientific progress isn’t groupthink at all, despite the commonness of this accusation.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Oct. 2025
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The challenge, of course, is their faintness.—
Adam Frank,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The faintness lasted only a minute.—
Robert Easton,
Outdoor Life,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Lowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowness. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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