underclassness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

underclass +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

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.
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