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- noun rare The avoidance of the hesitating interjection
um in speech.
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Apparently the 5-year-old mastered umlessness in two days.
Slate Magazine Michael Erard 2011
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In the history of oratory and public speaking, the notion that good speaking requires umlessness is actually a fairly recent, and very American, invention.
Slate Magazine Michael Erard 2011
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