lameness

lameness
lame ADJECTIVE 1) walking with difficulty as the result of an injury or illness affecting the leg or foot. 2) (of an explanation or excuse) unconvincingly feeble. 3) dull and uninspiring.
VERB make lame.
DERIVATIVES lamely adverb lameness noun.
ORIGIN Old English.

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