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narrowness

noun

a small margin

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Word Facts

Word length
10
Starts with
N
Ends with
S
Contains
AR
Scrabble score
13
CEFR level
B1

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noun

  1. a small margin

    “the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory”

noun

  1. the property of being narrow; having little width

    “the narrowness of the road”

noun

  1. a restriction of range or scope

    “the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students”

noun

  1. an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior

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Example Sentences

the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory
the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote
the narrowness of the road
the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students
the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus
frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons

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