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underclass

noun

Meaning

  1. The poorest class of people in a given society.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

underprivileged(English)subclass(English)excluded(English)lower class(English)underclasser(English)proletariat(English)lower orders(English)proletariate(English)subculture(English)deserving(English)ghetto(English)journalistic(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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