starkness

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The starkness with which he divides geeks from non-geeks makes me a little sad.

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the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections"

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noun

the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections"

noun

an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation; "I was struck by the starkness of my father's room"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for starkness.

noun

the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections"

noun

an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation; "I was struck by the starkness of my father's room"

Example sentences

The starkness with which he divides geeks from non-geeks makes me a little sad.

I only took issue with the analogy, not the starkness.

I know people are opposed to the starkness of #000-on-#FFF text, but going approximately #888-on-#FFF seems extreme.

Maybe I don't because of the sparseness, starkness and of course the notorious gradients.

But if it conforms to your particular ideas of sparsity and starkness...The front page isn't the wow factor here.

The starkness of true black on true white is stark, and sometimes that's what you're looking for, especially for minimalism.

I like its straightforward starkness and the way it seems hastily done - as if the painter was in a hurry because death is, indeed, coming.

I think mimicry exists across various mediums, but the starkness of it on the App Store is pretty intriguing.

Their starkness and utilitarianism is beautiful, in the eye of the right beholder - and I am one such beholder.

I agree, if the Ferengui most of the time were semic-comedic, I think that when they were not the starkness of it helped highlight the point and some episode do play on that subtly.

Similar design goals -- minimalism, starkness, and abstraction -- but with vastly different approaches.

Specifically, my wife was not in the US and we compared what it would take to get me into her country vs. her into mine and it was a difference of... starkness, thousands of dollars and the possibility of her being unable to work for a period.