dumpiness

noun

Definition of dumpinessnext
as in disintegration

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  1. disintegration
  2. decay
  3. deterioration
Noun
  • The disintegration of traditional social interaction symbolized by putting smartphones into the hands of children has resulted in surging levels of mental illness and anxiety, according to Gates.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Men, many of whom bought into Trump’s vision of masculinity, are seemingly at odds with women who fear the further disintegration of their rights.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of disintegration
Noun
  • Brain rot is thus a strikingly capacious term, enfolding the psychological and cognitive decay wrought by screen addiction, the bacteria-like content that feeds the addiction, and the argot of a generation for whom much of this content is made.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In the early to mid 20th century, older adults quite commonly developed such severe dental decay, necessitating complete dental extractions followed by dentures by the 7th or 8th decades of life.
    Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of decay
Noun
  • Coined as far back as 1854 by Henry David Thoreau in Walden, the idea of mental deterioration from trivial distractions has never been more relevant.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Tedeschi credits Park Road with heroic work on the Maysles footage, which was delivered to them in various stages of deterioration.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of deterioration
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