uncandidness

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noun

The quality of not being candid.

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Meanings

noununcandidness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of not being candid.

    The unsufficiency and uncandidness of his answer became painfully apparent in the dead silence of the room.

    1906 January–October, Joseph Conrad, chapter IX, in The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Collection of British Authors; 3995), copyright edition, London: Bernhard Tauchnitz, published 1907, →OCLC, page 193

Origin

From uncandid + -ness.

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

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