slowness Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
   ineptness; awkwardness; ineptitude; maladroitness; clumsiness.
   
2. noun a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
   deliberateness; unhurriedness; deliberation.
   
3. noun lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
   retardation; subnormality; backwardness; mental retardation.
   

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