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PRECIPITATENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does precipitateness mean? 

PRECIPITATENESS (noun)
  The noun PRECIPITATENESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warningplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PRECIPITATENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

abruptness; precipitance; precipitancy; precipitateness; precipitousness; suddenness

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

haste; hastiness; hurriedness; hurry; precipitation (overly eager speed (and possible carelessness))

Derivation:

precipitate (done with very great haste and without due deliberation)


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