limpness
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈlɪmpnəs/
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flacidez
- Values drawn from the well of higher education kept the school up-to-date, while its fundamentalism kept it supplied with gifted students who desired an alternative to the established irreligion and moral limpness of most American colleges.
Examples
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I lay there a long while before I fell asleep, savoring the heaviness in my head and the limpness in my legs, and wondering, now that I could think again about something other than women, what was inside the room.
Fiction book (1995) -
For French fries, evaluations include color, length, and limpness—whether or not the fries droop over.
Academic text (2003) -
A limpness crept through her body.
Fiction book (1991) -
In any case, men aren't told to accept their limpness.
Blog text (21) -
Despite Xandra's clutching of The Blade, there was a limpness about her that Temple found frightening.
Fiction book (1994) -
A bored limpness soaked Private Beanhead's comic, rubbery body.
Fiction book (1990) -
Loyal dropped the shirts into the valise, and afterwards believed that was the moment when everything shifted, when the route of his life veered away from the main line, not when Billy slumped beneath his blind rutting, but as the shirts collapsed in their cotton limpness.
Fiction book (1994) -
After cooking, the pasta had a noticeable limpness, making it less appealing to eat.
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The athlete's legs were left in limpness after the intense workout, unable to support his weight.
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The flowers wilted into a state of limpness due to lack of water, losing their vibrant colors.
Synonyms
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9.6
Lack of firmness that makes something soft and limp
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5.0
Soft, loose parts of the body or muscles that are not firm
Soft and loose like a stuffed animal with no firm shape
Looseness in muscles or joints that makes movement feel weak
A part that hangs down, like skin or a mattress, after losing support
A state when something is loose rather than tight
Antonyms
How Limp
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Limpness comes from the simple adjective limp meaning 'not stiff' plus the ending -ness, which makes a noun meaning 'the state of being'. Think of a wet towel or a soft lettuce leaf that hangs without strength — that's why limpness means being soft or lacking firmness.