Underclass Definition

ŭndər-klăs
noun
The lowest societal stratum, usually composed of the disadvantaged.
American Heritage
The socioeconomic class with incomes below subsistence level, including esp. the underprivileged.
Webster's New World

The poorest class of people in a given society.

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Other Word Forms of Underclass

Noun

Singular:
underclass
Plural:
underclasses

Underclass Sentence Examples

  • Those without secure incomes appear to be forming a permanent underclass, with very few prospects of improving their life opportunities.

  • The early 19th century bourgeois fear of the ' dangerous classes ' now returned as the fear of the growing ' underclass ' .

  • The term ' vehicle underclass ' is used by many organizations to refer to those vehicles that do not comply with motoring laws.

  • This is largely dependent on MVRIB being effective in halving the 1.5million vehicles in the so-called ' underclass ' .

  • Do we want to create an underclass that cannot afford the cost of a card?

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