lower-class
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈloʊər klæs/
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- Health concerns poor and middle-class Nicaraguan women alike, but poor health afflicts lower-class, less-educated, and rural women disproportionately.
- lower-class family
- lower-class people
- lower-class status
Examples
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The novel explores the struggles of a lower-class family trying to make ends meet.
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But it's also a problem felt by white men, especially lower-class white men.
Blog text (15) -
Also, you have to ask yourself: who are the real lower classes in a global economy?
Blog text (13) -
Many of these individuals associated this music with the lower classes.
Academic text (1999) -
As such, it has a large lower-class population on its north and east sides.
Blog text (18) -
With crack, you see a lot of very impoverished, lower-class people.
Fiction book (1992) -
Physical education teachers are often thought of as lower-class citizens among educators and administrators.
Academic text (1992) -
Although noting the lower-class origins of many immigrants, they do not highlight their working-class lives in America.
Academic text (1991) -
It is the lower-class male, often Negro, who finds it difficult to control his urges.
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Gradually, downtown impoverished, and the lived space changed accordingly: numerous informal local street cafes emerged, and lower-class Egyptians inhabited the ramshackle buildings.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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4.2
A person of low rank or importance, for example a servant
24
4.4
People who have less money, chances, or help than others
9
4.9
From the lowest social or economic group and seen as having low status
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7.4
A person from a family that is not rich or important
Antonyms
How Wealthy
520
2.5
11
4.3
201
3.2
5
3.5
194
1.3
20
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lower-class is a simple compound of lower ('below') and class ('group' or 'social rank'), a bit like a school class meaning a group of people. So, lower-class is the group of people placed below others in wealth, education, or status.