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UK
/ˌʌndəklˈɑːs/
]
[ US /ˈəndɝˌkɫæs/ ]
[ US /ˈəndɝˌkɫæs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
belonging to the lowest and least privileged social stratum
underclass mothers and children
NOUN
- the social class lowest in the social hierarchy
How To Use underclass In A Sentence
- Accompanying the exclusion from the labour market has been a policy of disenfranchising the underclass from full welfare citizenship.
- I think the real target oftentimes is not the underclass so much as it is college students.
- Even then, John was a seasoned veteran of local politics; for the last quarter century, he has championed the rights and the needs of the homeless and low-income tenants, the forgotten underclasses of a city that hates the poor.
- Community and self respect must be returned to the underclass or there will never be enough social workers to prevent this underside of Britain festering. Archive 2007-11-18
- There will be no deferments; seniors will be allowed to finish the year, and underclassmen will only be allowed to finish the semester.
- Her writings reflect her commitment to the underclass whose lives are often portrayed inaccurately in American literature.
- At least one top NBA scout has been telling college underclassmen who might be borderline first-round picks this June that it's better to wait for the 2005 draft.
- Thomas Maier, author of a well documented history of the clan, called him, ‘a tribune for the underclass’, and he was that.
- Society is creating an underclass without standards, principles or decency, but nobody seems to recognise this, let alone be doing anything about it.
- We have four black belts and as many 'underclassmen'. JujitsuBlog.com