Meanings
nounstartness (uncountable)
- nonstandardrareuncountableThe condition of being started.
But startness is only what it is by virtue of the existence of not-startness, and vice-versa. That is, up is only up because our minds conceive of a down.
1977, Marco M. Pardi, Death: An Anthropological Perspective, page 461 more example
The button ignition was one of the best I’ve encountered (often they don’t respond quickly enough, and you end up pressing five times before you enter the state of stoppedness or startness you desired).
2016 June 25, Zoe Williams, “Toyota Prius car review - ‘I hurtled like a country driver in this goody-two-shoes of the road’”, in The Guardian
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startness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/startness
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“startness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/startness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “startness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/startness.
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