meanness
Collocations
5ADJ.
above, all, capable
VERB + MEANNESS
date, deserve
MEANNESS + NOUN
workmanship
PREP.
out, out
ADV.
rather, such
Definitions
noun
The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions)
This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship.
A mean act.
There are enough meannesses in everyone — ourselves included — to make for us a contemptible world, if we select the meannesses and let our minds dwell upon them.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — extreme stinginess
noun — the quality of being deliberately mean
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship.
WiktionaryThere are enough meannesses in everyone — ourselves included — to make for us a contemptible world, if we select the meannesses and let our minds dwell upon them.
WiktionaryI took for granted that he was above such meanness.
Tatoeba · #253352He is above all meanness.
Tatoeba · #282844Whatever faults he may have, meanness is not one of them.
Tatoeba · #284632He didn't do that out of meanness, but rather out of absent-mindedness.
Tatoeba · #3378638