lower-class

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Not of the elite, of the peasantry or working-class

The lower-class people have little chance of advancement.

Unrefined

His lower-class tastes tended to run to three-stooges movies and cheap drink.

occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
A class of people in a society characterized by low income, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status
section of the population with a low socio-economic status
Some people use the lower class or the lower classes to refer to the division of society that they consider to have the lowest social status. Education now offers the lower classes access to job opportunities Lower class is also an adjective. lower-class families. the social class that has less money, power, or education than anyone else. This is now considered offensive working class, middle class middle class, upper class upper class
the social class lowest in the social hierarchy
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occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society
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occupying the upper part of the lower class
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