dumbness

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.
2. noun Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.
3. noun Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.
4. noun The quality of being stupid or foolish.

Similar words

slow-wittedness denseness deaf-muteness obmutescence speechlessness deafmute nonspeaker deaf-mute nonspeak wordlessness

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