indirectness

indirectness
indirect ► ADJECTIVE 1) not direct. 2) (of costs) deriving from overhead charges or subsidiary work. 3) (of taxation) levied on goods and services rather than income or profits.
DERIVATIVES indirection noun indirectly adverb indirectness noun.

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