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overageness

overageness noun: the quality of being overage.

Noun

overageness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being overage.
    • The connection between grade repetition and overageness is obvious. Barring a child's late entry into school, the primary cause of a student being overage is grade repetition.1971, United States Commission on Civil Rights, Mexican American Education Study (parts 1-3, page 35)

Origin of overageness

From overage + -ness.

Questions about overageness

What does overageness mean?
Overageness means the quality of being overage.
What part of speech is overageness?
Overageness is a noun.

Words near overageness in the dictionary

  1. overaffected
  2. overaffecting
  3. overaffects
  4. overage
  5. overaged
  6. overageness
  7. overagent
  8. overager
  9. overagers
  10. overages
  11. overaggrandise

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