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The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.

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  1. n. The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.
  2. n. A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness.
  3. n. the quality of being deliberately mean
  4. n. extreme stinginess
  5. 1. The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess. This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship. Addison. 2. A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness. Goldsmith.
  6. n:100 n. extreme stinginess