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pushoverness en · NOUN

Etymology

From pushover + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (nonce-word, uncountable) 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 manufacturing, construction, and transportation branches. 1965, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, volume 79, page 94: