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pushoverness

pushoverness noun: the state, quality, or condition of being a pushover.

Noun

pushoverness (uncountable)

  1. (nonce-word) The state, quality, or condition of being a pushover.
    • The second could be the achievement of sustained full employment and a higher rate of growth; these could increase both the availability of labor force "reserves" to low-wage trade and service sectors and the "pushfulness" of unions (and the pushoverness of employers) in the relatively high-wage...1965, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, volume 79, page 94

Origin of pushoverness

From pushover + -ness.

Questions about pushoverness

What does pushoverness mean?
Pushoverness means the state, quality, or condition of being a pushover.
What part of speech is pushoverness?
Pushoverness is a noun.

Words near pushoverness in the dictionary

  1. pushmowing
  2. pushmows
  3. pushout
  4. pushouts
  5. pushover
  6. pushoverness
  7. pushovers
  8. Pushpa
  9. pushpad
  10. Pushpadanta
  11. pushpads

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