stoppedness

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noun

The quality of being stopped.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounstoppedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being stopped.

    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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APA

stoppedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stoppedness

MLA

“stoppedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stoppedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stoppedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stoppedness.

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