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SORRINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sorriness mean?
• SORRINESS (noun)
The noun SORRINESS has 1 sense:
1. worthlessness due to insignificance
Familiarity information: SORRINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Worthlessness due to insignificance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
paltriness; sorriness
Hypernyms ("sorriness" is a kind of...):
ineptitude; worthlessness (having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful)
Derivation:
sorry (bad; unfortunate)
sorry (without merit; of little or no value or use)
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