balkiness

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noun

The state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.

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Meanings

nounbalkiness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.

    […] he was mildly annoyed to find that the chair shifted itself—remote control over objects was a labor-saver and probably a money-saver […] and obviously to be preferred to the blind balkiness of mechanical gadgets. Nevertheless Jubal was not used to telecontrol done without wires or waves […]

    1961, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter 36, in Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC, page 391

Origin

From balky + -ness.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balkiness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balkiness.

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