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crookedness

 
Dictionary: Crook·ed·ness

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The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.


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noun

  1. Lack of smoothness or regularity: asymmetry, inequality, irregularity, jaggedness, roughness, unevenness. See smooth/rough, straight/bent.
  2. Departure from what is legally, ethically, and morally correct: corruption, corruptness, dishonesty, improbity. See honest/dishonest.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a tortuous and twisted shape or position
  Synonyms: tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion

Meaning #2: having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
  Antonym: straightness (meaning #2)

Meaning #3: the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
  Synonym: deviousness


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