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KWAHM/kwɑːm/

A qualm is a sudden feeling of doubt, worry, or unease about whether something is right: a qualm about the abstract, without qualm. Doubt (already in the dictionary) is everyday; unease belongs in the minute.

Meaning

A sudden feeling of doubt, worry, or unease about whether something is right (from doubt, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “A qualm about the rounded abstract belongs in the minute, not in a slogan.”
• “Doubt is already in this course. Misgiving is the close twin. A slogan is comms. A line in the minute is a file. Minute the doubt; then keep the slogan if the raw n is still in the cell.”

Good to know

A pang of doubt or unease. Everyday: doubt (already in the dictionary). A slogan ≠ a minute.

Near in meaning

misgiving, scruple, doubt

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