NUISANCE VALUE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of an embarrassing situation

Example:

he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal

Synonyms:

awkwardness; nuisance value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("nuisance value" is a kind of...):

disadvantage (the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position)

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