Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Indirectness \In`di*rect"ness\, n.
   1. The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity;
      deviousness; crookedness.

   2. Deviation from an upright or straightforward course;
      unfairness; dishonesty. --W. Montagu.

Source : WordNet®

indirectness
     n : having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a
         goal [ant: {directness}]