Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lower-class
Adjective
  • Despite multiple promising routines in the practice sessions, Lee’s low score of 11.800 was not enough to send the Olympic Champion to Azerbaijan.
    Caroline Price, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • But after spending most of the day under low stratus clouds, patchy fog and coastal drizzle caused by onshore flow, New Yorkers will likely need an umbrella for the evening hours, as a cold front coming from the west is expected to dump up to three-quarters of an inch of rain.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Below that sits the pedestrian CLK 500 and plebeian CLK 350.
    Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Across the lake, on the plebeian side, up the shoreline a mile or so, in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, stand twin 32-story towers dubbed Trump Plaza of the Palm Beaches.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Sometimes those simple, humble, short-on-ingredients dishes are some of our most cherished.
    Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Articulate yet humble in interviews, Coleman is the ultimate team player on the court and the biggest supporter of his teammates off it.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Seton Hall, on the other hand, returned to its lowly form and comes into Gampel Pavilion having lost five in a row.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Ah, the dunk, impressive only to the lowly serfs of basketball’s airspace.
    Fred Katz, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But there is another concerning trend and area that has to be improved — their poor record on second balls.
    Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Flooding may also occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • So, Apple Intelligence being inferior to Google’s offering doesn’t matter to them.
    Ben Sin, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Rocky, inferior to at least three of these, will be the winner, though.
    Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • For their efforts, the scientists found that ice has a much harder time sticking to unwashed, greasy polar bear hair than to oily human hair.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Here the West is unwashed — muddy, bloody, cold and mean.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Until then, there are the Razzies, an ignoble accolade marking the very worst movies and acting performances of the year.
    Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
  • But on this southern front of the Trump empire, Palm Beach County, Donald Trump is flirting with ignoble defeat.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Lower-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lower-class. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.

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