underclassness

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English

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Etymology

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From underclass +‎ -ness.

Noun

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underclassness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or condition of belonging to the underclass.
    • 1990, Brett V. Brown, The effect of neighborhood characteristics on teen outcomes related to socioeconomic attainment: in search of the underclass neighborhood, Volume 2[1]:
      Here, it may be that underclassness consists in the copresence of these several negative effects, with some unmeasured force 281.