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non-U-ness

non-U-ness noun: the state or quality of being non-U.

Noun

non-U-ness (uncountable)

  1. (dated, uncommon) The state or quality of being non-U.
    • He's amiable and relaxed all right; but they couldn't have picked anybody, except Will Rogers who is dead, who more calmly embodies American Classlessness, and a triumphant and assured Californian Non-U-ness.1999, Nathaniel Burt, The Perennial Philadelphians: The Anatomy of an American Aristocracy, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 450
    Antonyms:
    U-ness

Antonyms of non-U-ness

Origin of non-U-ness

From non-U + -ness.

Questions about non-U-ness

What does non-U-ness mean?
Non-U-ness means the state or quality of being non-U.
What part of speech is non-U-ness?
Non-U-ness is a noun.

Words near non-U-ness in the dictionary

  1. non-tropical
  2. non-tropical sprue
  3. non-Trumper
  4. non-Trumpers
  5. non-U
  6. non-U-ness
  7. non-ubiquitous
  8. non-ultrasonographic
  9. non-understandability
  10. non-uniform
  11. non-uniform day

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