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English noun: slowness | |||
| 1. | slowness (cognition) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | ||
| Synonyms | awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unskillfulness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | rustiness | ||
| 2. | slowness (attribute) a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry | ||
| Synonyms | deliberateness, deliberation, unhurriedness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pace, rate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dilatoriness, leisureliness, procrastination | ||
| 3. | slowness (cognition) lack of normal development of intellectual capacities | ||
| Synonyms | backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, subnormality | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stupidity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abnormality, amentia, idiocy, imbecility, mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, moronity | ||
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