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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

underclassness en · NOUN

Etymology

From underclass + -ness.

Meanings

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