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  • noun The state or condition of being worse.

Etymologies

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worse +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • The Postictal "worseness" the day after my seizures might be getting better?

    Patient Anonymous: Just Another Head Case 2008

  • I have changed. perhaps for the better and just a teeny bitty of worseness. the better thing would be I supposed I have learnt to ignore what people think of me, how they see me, judge me.

    jaeaxe Diary Entry jaeaxe 2008

  • And oft I did look backward, and smelt the air, that I know whether it did be a monster Slug-beast that chased us; but there did be no worseness of the smell, to tell me aught.

    The Night Land 2007

  • And oft I did look backward, and smelt the air, that I know whether it did be a monster Slug-beast that chased us; but there did be no worseness of the smell, to tell me aught.

    The Night Land: Chapter 12 1912

  • You're saying that even though you know it's a far, far worse crime, the worseness of it shouldn't matter?

    The Moderate Voice 2009

  • You're saying that even though you know it's a far, far worse crime, the worseness of it shouldn't matter?

    The Moderate Voice 2009

  • The worseness is that the album is much more uneven.

    Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website 2009

  • Leave it to Bush to achieve the greatest worseness.

    Mercury Rising 鳯女 2008

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