1. (n.) The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.

2. (n.) A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness.

Lenten fare abjectness abominableness atrociousness austerity authoritarianism baseness bearishness beggarliness bigotry bitchiness blind side blind spot blinders cantankerousness cheapness churlishness closed mind coarseness commonness commonplaceness contemptibility contemptibleness crabbedness cramped ideas crankiness crossness crumminess crustiness cussedness daintiness debasement deficiency degradation delicacy depravity despicableness devilment devilry deviltry diminutiveness disagreeability enormity evil intent excitability execrableness exiguity exiguousness failure fanaticism fewness foulness fourth-rateness fractiousness fulsomeness gaudiness grossness harmfulness hatefulness heinousness helotism helotry hideboundness homeliness huffiness huffishness humbleness humility ignobility illiberality imperfection inadequacy incompetence inconsequentiality inconsiderableness inferiority inferiorness ingloriousness iniquitousness innocuousness insignificance insufficiency insularism insularity invidiousness irascibility irritability jejuneness jejunity leanness little-mindedness littleness lowlihood lowliness lowness maladroitness maleficence malice malice aforethought malice prepense maliciousness malignance malignancy malignity meagerness mean mind mediocrity meekness menialness meretriciousness meritlessness minginess minuteness miserableness miserliness moderateness modesty monstrousness narrow sympathies narrow views narrow-mindedness narrowness nastiness nearsightedness nefariousness noxiousness obnoxiousness odiousness odium theologicum ordinariness orneriness paltriness parochialism parsimony penuriousness peonage perversity pettiness petty mind picayunishness pitiableness pitifulness plainness plebeianism pokiness poorness provincialism puniness purblindness rankness sadness scabbiness scantiness scantness scrawniness scrimpiness scrubbiness scruffiness scumminess scurviness second-rateness serfdom servility shabbiness shoddiness shortsightedness shut mind simpleness skimpiness slavery slavishness slenderness slightness slim pickings slimness smallness snappishness sordidness sorriness spareness squalor stinginess straitlacedness stuffiness submissiveness subnormality subservience subserviency teachableness testiness thinness third-rateness tininess triviality ugliness uncatholicity ungenerousness unimportance unmagnanimousness unpretentiousness unskillfulness unworthiness vileness vulgarity waspishness wickedness worthlessness wretchedness