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Etymology

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instructed +‎ -ness

Noun

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instructedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being instructed.
    • 1860, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 62, page 233:
      It is true; and we believe few errors are greater than that of the religious teachers who thus suit their words, whether written or spoken, to the ignorance rather than the instructedness of their audience.
    • 1921, United States Naval Institute Proceedings, page 1517:
      It is better in material, far better; in its instructedness in the methods of using that material and, speaking generally, of accomplishing its mission it is incomparably advanced; []