Akademik

slowness

noun

1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training (Freq. 2)

• Syn: ↑awkwardness, ↑clumsiness, ↑ineptness, ↑ineptitude, ↑maladroitness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑slow, ↑maladroit (for: ↑maladroitness), ↑inept (for: ↑ineptness), ↑clumsy (for: ↑clumsiness), ↑awkward (for: ↑awkwardness)

• Hypernyms: ↑unskillfulness

• Hyponyms: ↑rustiness

2. a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry (Freq. 1)

• Syn: ↑deliberation, ↑deliberateness, ↑unhurriedness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑unhurried (for: ↑unhurriedness), ↑deliberate (for: ↑deliberateness), ↑slow

• Hypernyms: ↑pace, ↑rate

• Hyponyms: ↑leisureliness, ↑dilatoriness, ↑procrastination

3. lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

• Syn: ↑retardation, ↑mental retardation, ↑backwardness, ↑subnormality

• Derivationally related forms: ↑subnormal (for: ↑subnormality), ↑slow, ↑backward (for: ↑backwardness), ↑retard (for: ↑retardation)

• Hypernyms: ↑stupidity

• Hyponyms:

↑abnormality, ↑mental defectiveness, ↑moronity, ↑mental deficiency, ↑idiocy, ↑amentia, ↑imbecility

Useful english dictionary. 2012.