Dictionary Check: thinness

"thinness" is a valid word!

Scrabble 11 points
Words with Friends 12 points

Definition

noun

relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width

Example: "the tenuity of a hair"
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the property of having little body fat

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noun

the property of being very narrow or thin

Example: "he marvelled at the fineness of her hair"
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noun

the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness

noun

a consistency of low viscosity

Example: "he disliked the thinness of the soup"
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The property of lacking substance or strength.

Example: "Perhaps because he recognized the thinness of this critique, the language about lack of theory that appeared in the dissertation was replaced in the book by a more modest critique that PWD lacked adequate conceptual definitions."

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