poor-spiritedness (C1)
noun
Definition
poor-spiritedness means the quality of being poor-spirited. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.
Examples
The article uses poor-spiritedness to mean the quality of being poor-spirited.
The teacher asked students to find poor-spiritedness in the reading.
Check the words around poor-spiritedness to choose the right meaning.
How to Use poor-spiritedness
- a/the poor-spiritedness (noun pattern)
- Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a poor-spiritedness."
- poor-spiritedness in context (usage pattern)
- Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked poor-spiritedness in context before translating it."
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