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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Meanness  \Mean"ness\,  n. 
  1.  The  condition,  or  quality,  of  being  mean  want  of 
  excellence;  poorness;  lowness;  baseness;  sordidness; 
  stinginess. 
 
  This  figure  is  of  a  later  date,  by  the  meanness  of 
  the  workmanship.  --Addison. 
 
  2.  A  mean  act  as  to  be  guilty  of  meanness.  --Goldsmith. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  meanness 
  n  1:  the  quality  of  being  deliberately  mean  [syn:  {beastliness}] 
  2:  extreme  stinginess  [syn:  {minginess},  {niggardliness},  {niggardness}, 
  {parsimony},  {parsimoniousness},  {tightness},  {tightfistedness}, 
  {closeness}] 




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