overageness

== English == === Etymology === From overage +‎ -ness. === Noun === overageness (uncountable) 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.