UNHURRIEDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unhurriedness mean? 

• UNHURRIEDNESS (noun)
  The noun UNHURRIEDNESS has 1 sense:

1. a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNHURRIEDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

deliberateness; deliberation; slowness; unhurriedness

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

pace; rate (the relative speed of progress or change)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unhurriedness"):

leisureliness (slowness by virtue of being leisurely)

dilatoriness; procrastination (slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it)

Derivation:

unhurried (relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste)

unhurried (capable of accepting delay with equanimity)