overageness

English

Etymology

overage +‎ -ness

Noun

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.