as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
they were finally earning enough to get out of the lower-class tax bracket
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lower-class
Adjective
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Those groups also have lower access to drugs that can stop the transmission of HIV.
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Last winter was the second-warmest on record, according to the city’s ordinance, with record low snowpack almost everywhere.
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Linen and cotton, cooling garments, were too plebeian; the people posed nobly for street-style social-media accounts in leather jackets and low-slung jorts.
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This one is about a regular old guy, a hedge knight in the plebeian population of Westeros, just trying to get by in a world that isn't kind to the common and poor.
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But West Virginia is a proletarian locale that until not long ago was a Democratic stronghold.
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These ranged from the aristocratic elite who dominated the military and bureaucracy and yearned for a return to monarchy, to communists who sought proletarian rule, to the National Socialists who wanted to establish a right-wing dictatorship.
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The president can be assured that his low-life actions will eliminate him as a candidate to get to Heaven.
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Inside, everything was magically transformed into a 1930s Parisian low-life dive.
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Teoscar Hernández was back from a hamstring injury, and a little bit humble.
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America's favorite investment has changed over time In 2008, as the Great Recession descended, Americans picked the humble savings account (and the certificate of deposit) as their favorite long-term investment in Gallup polls.
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The Blues finished a lowly 10th in the Premier League table last season.
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Miller added that not only was Movie Night back, but us lowly fans are its curators.
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Because of that, these hands suffer from high production costs, poor durability against impacts, short operational lifespans, and there are no existing solutions that engineers can readily draw upon, Wang added.
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The extreme heat can also affect people who are physically ill, especially those with heart disease or high blood pressure, or who take certain medications, such as for depression, insomnia, or poor circulation.
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More broadly, the idea that White players are inherently inferior no longer matches reality.
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This is because Austria would have remained on three points but with an inferior goal difference to Iran in the third-place standings (minus one to zero).
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“Lower-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lower-class. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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