NUISANCE VALUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nuisance value mean? 

• NUISANCE VALUE (noun)
  The noun NUISANCE VALUE has 1 sense:

1. the quality of an embarrassing situation

  Familiarity information: NUISANCE VALUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUISANCE VALUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of an embarrassing situation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

awkwardness; nuisance value

Context example:

he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal

Hypernyms ("nuisance value" is a kind of...):

disadvantage (the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position)