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SCRUBBINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scrubbiness mean?
• SCRUBBINESS (noun)
The noun SCRUBBINESS has 1 sense:
1. the property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality
Familiarity information: SCRUBBINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
scrawniness; scrubbiness
Context example:
the scrawniness of sickly trees
Hypernyms ("scrubbiness" is a kind of...):
inferiority; low quality (an inferior quality)
Derivation:
scrubby (inferior in size or quality)
scrubby (sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush)
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