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INCLEMENTNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inclementness mean?
• INCLEMENTNESS (noun)
The noun INCLEMENTNESS has 1 sense:
1. weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
Familiarity information: INCLEMENTNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
bad weather; inclemency; inclementness
Hypernyms ("inclementness" is a kind of...):
atmospheric condition; conditions; weather; weather condition (the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inclementness"):
raw weather (unpleasantly cold and damp weather)
storminess (the state of being stormy)
cloud cover; cloudiness; overcast (the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds)
turbulence (instability in the atmosphere)
Derivation:
inclement ((of weather or climate) severe)
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