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Why is the (free) neutron lifetime so long?

A neutron outside the nucleus lives for about 15 minutes and decays mainly through weak decays (beta decay). Many other weakly decaying particles decay with lifetimes between $10^{-10}$ and $10^{-12}$ seconds, which is consistent with $\alpha_W \simeq 10^{-6}$.

Why does the neutron lives so much longer than the others?