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   remoteness

   /rɪˈməʊtnəs/

   noun

   • 1. the state of being distant from something else, in particular from the main centres of population: "the remoteness of the location hindered development"
   • 2. lack of connection with or relationship to something: "the remoteness of their lives from those of average people has become starkly visible"
   • 3. the state of being unlikely to occur: "the remoteness of a solution"
   • 4. the quality of being aloof and unfriendly: "his diffidence could sometimes be misread as remoteness"

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • M

     3

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

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