as in thickness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
her natural shyness was sometimes mistaken for slowness by people who did not know her well
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Recent Examples of slowness
Just like in life, slowness isn’t inefficiency.
—
Raquel Reichard, Refinery29, 24 Sep. 2025
Bear had eliminated the weight and slowness of the English bow and the structural defects of the Turkish design.
—Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
What looks like slowness on land becomes strength in the water, where the hippo’s true speed and power surface.
—Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
There is a growing appetite for slowness, intimacy, authenticity.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
The failure that followed—marked by FEMA's slowness and disorganization—laid bare systemic neglect and inequities, the scars of which still run deep in Louisiana, Mississippi, and beyond.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Bake and Wait Baking requires waiting and slowness, so adding some baking into your days with your kids is a good way to practice slow parenting, Davis says.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
Duan’s team avoided the slowness of the Bellman-Ford algorithm by running it for just a few steps at a time.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025
Raquel Reichard, Refinery29, 24 Sep. 2025
Bear had eliminated the weight and slowness of the English bow and the structural defects of the Turkish design.
—Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
What looks like slowness on land becomes strength in the water, where the hippo’s true speed and power surface.
—Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
There is a growing appetite for slowness, intimacy, authenticity.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
The failure that followed—marked by FEMA's slowness and disorganization—laid bare systemic neglect and inequities, the scars of which still run deep in Louisiana, Mississippi, and beyond.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Bake and Wait Baking requires waiting and slowness, so adding some baking into your days with your kids is a good way to practice slow parenting, Davis says.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
Duan’s team avoided the slowness of the Bellman-Ford algorithm by running it for just a few steps at a time.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slowness
Noun
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In the United States, it is used in medical devices and measurement gauges, such as industrial devices that measure the thickness of materials.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
24 Sep. 2025
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The team has developed a specific formula to calculate this relationship, allowing builders to determine the material’s strength based on the cardboard’s thickness.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Carbon steel is sharper but needs more constant care to avoid rusting or edge dullness.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Only his near contemporary, the American modernist poet Wallace Stevens (who survived into old age), who weirdly enough also was a lawyer for an insurance company, rivals Kafka in terms of the inverse proportion of literary originality and canonical significance to dullness of life story.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Compare that to punk rock, which used dumbness as a tactic.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Its stupidity was entertaining, but its stupidity also freed me from having to think about it.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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The only reason for this incessant stupidity?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even as tragedy and struggle beset the tenement districts, the very qualities that defined the tenement’s unfavorable physical conditions—over-crowdedness and density—became building blocks for community.—
Annie Polland,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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Compared to other diets, this one focuses on addition more than restriction; rather than emphasizing cutting calories or weight loss, this method of eating focuses on overall health and nutrient density.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The unique blend adds a punch of additional tangy flavor that perfectly complements the creaminess and simplicity of basic egg salad.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
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Clean lines, oversized custom windows, and an airy open-concept design create a modern elegance rooted in simplicity and natural light.—
Miriam Schwartz,
Boston Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yet for all of his stoned foolishness, Bob has clearly imparted a real distrust of authority to his kid.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
18 Sep. 2025
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Not so much by her response as by my own foolishness.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Andor connected with critics and audiences in part because its revolutionaries make cogent arguments over and over about the insanity of authoritarianism.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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After being wrongfully imprisoned in a mental asylum, an author is faced with a decision to surrender to insanity or fight for her sanity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Slowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slowness. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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