overageness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

overage +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

overageness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being overage.
    • 1971, United States Commission on Civil Rights, Mexican American Education Study (parts 1-3, page 35)
      The connection between grade repetition and overageness is obvious. Barring a child's late entry into school, the primary cause of a student being overage is grade repetition.