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SCRUBBINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality
Example:
the scrawniness of sickly trees
Synonyms:
scrawniness; scrubbiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("scrubbiness" is a kind of...):
inferiority; low quality (an inferior quality)
Derivation:
scrubby (inferior in size or quality)
scrubby (sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush)
