underclassness

English

Etymology

From underclass +‎ -ness.

Noun

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:

     Here, it may be that underclassness consists in the copresence of these several negative effects, with some unmeasured force 281.