non-U-ness

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English

Noun

non-U-ness (uncountable)

  1. (dated, uncommon) The state or quality of being non-U.
    Antonym: U-ness
    • 1999, Nathaniel Burt, The Perennial Philadelphians: The Anatomy of an American Aristocracy, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 450:
      He's amiable and relaxed all right; but they couldn't have picked anybody, except Will Rogers who is dead, who more calmly embodies American Classlessness, and a triumphant and assured Californian Non-U-ness.