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Narrowness Common

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Narrowness has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the property of being narrow; having little width

"the narrowness of the road"

2

an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior

3

a restriction of range or scope

"the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students"

"the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus"

"frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons"

4

a small margin

"the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory"

"the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote"

5

the state of being narrow

Example Sentences
"the narrowness of the road" noun
"the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students" noun
"the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus" noun
"frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons" noun
"the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory" noun
"the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote" noun
Related Terms
Antonyms
broadness broad-mindedness
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
width intolerance restriction margin
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
fineness parochialism pettiness provincialism sectarianism
Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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