Lower-class definition

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The socioeconomic class or classes of lower than middle rank in a society.
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The social class below the middle class; working class.
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A class of people in a society characterized by low incomes, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status.
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Not of the elite, of the peasantry or working-class.

The lower-class people have little chance of advancement.

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Unrefined.

His lower-class tastes tended to run to three-stooges movies and cheap drink.

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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
lower-class
Plural:
lower-classes

Lower-class Sentence Examples

  • She'd never wondered if the lower class was different.

  • She had no idea that such an elaborate system existed for the lower class.

  • They generally form what may be called the back streets, and they are bordered by warehouses, cellars and the lower class of dwelling-houses.

  • It was now intended to re-establish the government on the basis of the old republican institutions, but it was found that sixty years of Medici rule had reduced them to mere shadows, and the condition of the government, largely controlled by a balia of 20 accoppiatori and frequently disturbed by the summoning of the parlamento, was utterly chaotic. Consequently men talked of nothing save of changing the constitution, but unfortunately there was no longer an upper class accustomed to public affairs, while the lower class was thoroughly demoralized.

  • The only language of the lower class is pidgin-English - quite incomprehensible to the newcomer from Great Britain, - but a large proportion of the inhabitants are highly educated men who excel as lawyers, clergymen, clerks and traders.

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