dead-handedness

noun

The state or quality of being dead-handed.

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Meanings

noundead-handedness (uncountable)

alternative deadhandedness

  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being dead-handed.

    If that is not bureaucratic nonsense enough and smacking of that terrible dead-handedness that lurks in all our megalopic jugger- Departments, ...

    1974, The New Law Journal - Volume 124, page 22

Origin

From dead-handed + -ness.

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APA

dead-handedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead-handedness

MLA

“dead-handedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead-handedness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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

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