meanness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of being deliberately mean
    beastliness.
  2. noun extreme stinginess
    tightfistedness; parsimoniousness; minginess; niggardliness; closeness; niggardness; tightness; parsimony.

WordNet

Mean"ness noun
Definitions
  1. The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.
    This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship. Addison.
  2. A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness. Goldsmith.

Webster 1913