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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)play

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


 Dictionary entry details 


UNPOINTEDNESS (noun)


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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