SCRUBBINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality

Example:

the scrawniness of sickly trees

Synonyms:

scrawniness; scrubbiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("scrubbiness" is a kind of...):

inferiority; low quality (an inferior quality)

Derivation:

scrubby (inferior in size or quality)

scrubby (sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush)