Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Indirectness \In`di*rect"ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity;
deviousness; crookedness.
[1913 Webster]
2. Deviation from an upright or straightforward course;
unfairness; dishonesty. --W. Montagu.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
indirectness
n 1: having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a
goal [ant: directness, straightness]