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PRECIPITATENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does precipitateness mean?
• PRECIPITATENESS (noun)
The noun PRECIPITATENESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
Familiarity information: PRECIPITATENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
abruptness; precipitance; precipitancy; precipitateness; precipitousness; suddenness
Hypernyms ("precipitateness" is a kind of...):
haste; hastiness; hurriedness; hurry; precipitation (overly eager speed (and possible carelessness))
Derivation:
precipitate (done with very great haste and without due deliberation)
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