lower-middle-class
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈloʊər ˈmɪdəl klæs/
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- And so for generations, my family, we've never really gone past, you know, very much past that, you know, lower middle class, blue collar existence.
- lower-middle-class neighborhood
- lower-middle-class family
- lower-middle-class people
Yeah, I guess I'm from a lower middle class, working class background, right.
- Yeah, I guess I'm from a lower middle class, working class background, right.
- Most of the SA members were from the middle or lower middle class clerks, shopkeepers or low ranking officials.
- We were, you know, lower middle class suburbs in, in Ohio.
- And most of them are lower middle class working class.
- Fast food, low income, low and and low middle class jobs are going to go away.
- I mean, we were, what would you call it, middle class, lower middle class, basically as a family.
- You know, I grew up in a, my first several years of America, I grew up in lower middle class environments.
- And so for generations, my family, we've never really gone past, you know, very much past that, you know, lower middle class, blue collar existence.
- I was raised sort of middle, lower middle class and and yet still hadn't, you know, I had I was never never wanted for much.
- Middle class, lower middle class, basically as a family, but I had two loving, caring, wonderful people for for parents.
Examples
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Growing up in a lower-middle-class neighborhood, she learned the value of hard work and perseverance.
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Everyone's situation is unique, and a struggling economy has damaged the lower-middle-class income families.
Blog text (4) -
And most of them are lower middle class working class.
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Most customers were lower middle class, so there were poor sales even during important events.
Academic text (2018) -
I'm also from a lower, a lower middle class family.
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I mean, I, I, I come from a lower middle class background, single parent household.
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For the rest, it has neighborhoods that range from lower middle class to upper class.
Blog text (18) -
We were, you know, lower middle class suburbs in, in Ohio.
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The city streets are empty, silent as Wyatt and Alicia walk through a quiet, lower-middle-class neighborhood, slowly enjoying each other's company.
Fiction book (1996) -
Waterfront Community Middle School (pseudonym) is situated in a lower-middle-class neighborhood (43% living in poverty).
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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2.0
People with moderate income and education who are not rich or poor
Antonyms
16
4.2
Having higher than average income, education, and social position among the middle class
How Wealthy
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4.3
16
4.2
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3.2
7
3.9
5
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
lower-middle-class = middle class (transparent) = lower + middle + class
The meaning is directly composed: 'lower' modifies 'middle class' to indicate the lower segment of the middle socioeconomic class.
Etymology
Lower-middle-class is made of three everyday words: lower ('below'), middle ('between high and low') and class ('a group or rank'), as in the familiar middle-class. So it pictures the middle social group but on the lower side, which is why it means people with moderate but not high income and status.