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UNHURRIEDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unhurriedness mean?
• UNHURRIEDNESS (noun)
The noun UNHURRIEDNESS has 1 sense:
1. a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
Familiarity information: UNHURRIEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
deliberateness; deliberation; slowness; unhurriedness
Hypernyms ("unhurriedness" is a kind of...):
pace; rate (the relative speed of progress or change)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unhurriedness"):
leisureliness (slowness by virtue of being leisurely)
dilatoriness; procrastination (slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it)
Derivation:
unhurried (relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste)
unhurried (capable of accepting delay with equanimity)
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