slowness (n.)

  1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

    [ Syn: awkwardness , clumsiness , ineptness , ineptitude , maladroitness ]

  2. a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

    [ Syn: deliberation , deliberateness , unhurriedness ]

  3. lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

    [ Syn: retardation , mental retardation , backwardness , subnormality ]

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