lower-class

adjective

ˌlō-ər-ˈklas How to pronounce lower-class (audio)
Definition of lower-classnext
as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank they were finally earning enough to get out of the lower-class tax bracket

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lower-class
  1. low
  2. plebeian
  3. humble
  4. lowly
  5. poor
  6. inferior
  7. unwashed
  8. ignoble
Adjective
  • Alabama’s ceiling looked higher, but its floor looked lower.
    Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • New York City and Philadelphia were expected to hit the mid-50s Sunday and low 60s by Wednesday.
    Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of low
Adjective
  • Once upon a time, a doddering old man spoke of a dream about a united city in this empire’s capital, where every man, woman, and child could walk its streets and live a good life regardless of their patrician or plebeian birthright.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Skeptics might shrug their shoulders at this plebeian fare.
    Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
Definition of plebeian
Adjective
  • Chapter 1: The Rise of Scribe Media Scribe Media started in 2014 as the humbler, niche-sounding Book in a Box.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Foxx's work ethic can be traced back to her humble beginning in Avery County, North Carolina, in Appalachia.
    Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of humble
Adjective
  • The Dolphins lived up to the hype — barely — with a 32-26 overtime victory over the lowly New York Jets Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium.
    Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Both Arizona State and Colorado were once lowly teams in the Pac-12, but have since emerged as football powerhouses.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of lowly
Adjective
  • In many poor and densely populated neighborhoods across the country, people have access to free, unmetered electricity.
    Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • That being said, today was a very poor outing as breadth (advancers vs. decliners) was awful in both markets.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of poor
Adjective
  • One Czech general later recalled that Israel’s performance in that operation made the Soviet Union realize how inferior its technology was to its Cold War rivals.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Millions of Jews were murdered at those camps during the Holocaust, alongside political opponents of the Nazi regime and members of groups declared to be racially or biologically inferior, such as Roma and homosexuals.
    Hannah Peart, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of inferior
Adjective
  • In addition, touching your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands after touching raw milk with bird flu virus may also lead to infection.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Bird flu can be contracted when drinking raw milk from an infected cow, when raw milk from an infected cow is splashed into the eyes, nose or mouth, or by touching the eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands after contact with raw milk from an infected cow.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of unwashed
Adjective
  • Larraín’s third subject, Maria Callas, despite being born to an ignoble family and having to face wartime poverty during the 1940s, was no stranger to the trappings of an empyrean existence, but in constantly having to live up to it, like Diana, her life met an untimely end.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Anything can happen, but polling trends increasingly suggest that the presidency of Donald Trump, which has itself seemed like an eternity to many, may be heading to its ignoble end.
    Christopher R. Hill, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2020
Definition of ignoble
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lower

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