Usually means: Lacking sense; slow-witted or clumsy.
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  1. gormlessness: Merriam-Webster
  2. gormlessness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gormlessness: Wiktionary
  4. gormlessness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The quality or state of being gormless.

Similar:
ungladness, gnomishness, ungood, grottiness, unglamorousness, lornness, gloominess, grimliness, ungloriousness, goodlessness, more...

Opposite:
sophistication, astuteness, shrewdness, acumen, discernment

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Similar:
ungladness, gnomishness, ungood, grottiness, unglamorousness, lornness, gloominess, grimliness, ungloriousness, goodlessness, more...

Opposite:
sophistication, astuteness, shrewdness, acumen, discernment



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