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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
deadness
1. the quality of being unresponsive;
not reacting;
as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
- she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident
- in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away
• Syn:
unresponsiveness
• Ant:
responsiveness (for: unresponsiveness)
• Derivationally related forms:
dead, unresponsive (for: unresponsiveness)
• Hypernyms:
quality
• Hyponyms:
frigidity, frigidness, resistance
2. the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity
- he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls
• Derivationally related forms:
dead
• Hypernyms:
inelasticity
3. the inanimate property of something that has died
• Derivationally related forms:
dead
• Hypernyms:
inanimateness, lifelessness
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