upper-lower-class
- adjective
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- Many families in the upper-lower-class struggle with financial insecurity but still have stable housing.
Examples
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As an upper-lower-class student, she was the first in her family to attend college.
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He grew up in an upper-lower-class neighborhood, where most parents worked in local factories.
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The upper-lower-class residents in the city often struggle with affordability.
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Many upper-lower-class families face unique challenges.
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As an upper-lower-class student, she faced obstacles that motivated her to work harder in school.
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He grew up in an upper-lower-class neighborhood, characterized by community support despite economic hardships.
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Many families in the upper-lower-class manage to save little by little for their children's education.
Synonyms
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Relates to people who do manual or factory jobs and earn wages
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From the lowest social or economic group and seen as having low status
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Having a modest income and social position in the lower part of the middle class
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People who have little money, little education, or low social status
How Wealthy
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
upper-lower-class = lower-class (transparent) = upper + lower + class
The modifier 'upper' is applied to the established adjective 'lower-class' to indicate the higher segment of that class, a directly derivable meaning.
Etymology
The word upper-lower-class breaks into upper 'higher', lower 'below', and class 'social group'. So it means people who are in the higher part of the lower social or economic group, better off than most in that group but not yet middle class.