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INTACTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intactness mean? 

INTACTNESS (noun)
  The noun INTACTNESS has 1 sense:

1. the state of being unimpairedplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


INTACTNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being unimpaired

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("intactness" is a kind of...):

flawlessness; ne plus ultra; perfection (the state of being without a flaw or defect)

Derivation:

intact (constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged)

intact (undamaged in any way)

intact ((of a woman) having the hymen unbroken)

intact ((used of domestic animals) sexually competent)


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