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UNPOINTEDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unpointedness mean?
• UNPOINTEDNESS (noun)
The noun UNPOINTEDNESS has 1 sense:
1. the property of having only a dull tip (if any)
Familiarity information: UNPOINTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of having only a dull tip (if any)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unpointedness" is a kind of...):
taper (the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone))
Antonym:
pointedness (the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip)
Derivation:
unpointed (not having a point especially a sharp point)
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