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NUISANCE VALUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of an embarrassing situation
Example:
he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal
Synonyms:
awkwardness; nuisance value
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("nuisance value" is a kind of...):
disadvantage (the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position)