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SCRUBBINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrubbiness mean? 

SCRUBBINESS (noun)
  The noun SCRUBBINESS has 1 sense:

1. the property of being stunted and inferior in size or qualityplay

  Familiarity information: SCRUBBINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCRUBBINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

scrawniness; scrubbiness

Context example:

the scrawniness of sickly trees

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)


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