: of low or inferior quality or social status
a low-class neighborhood
His usual haunt seemed to be a low-class eating-house on the outskirts of the town.—
Joseph Conrad
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It's long been assumed that khipu production was the domain of this civilization's ruling elites, but a new analysis of a cord made out of human hair finds that even low-class commoners may have engaged in this tradition.
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Dog racing had numerous enemies, including horse racing partisans who viewed it as low-class, animal welfare advocates who worried about the dogs’ wellbeing, and small businessmen who wanted bettors to spend their money at their establishments instead.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 Nov. 2024
Tinsley highlights that these beauty aesthetics, oftentimes coded as low-class and racialized, are in actuality impractical for hard labor and therefore should reinforce the idea of feminine ease that is not often afforded to the Black women who pioneered these styles.
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
Dog racing had numerous enemies, including horse racing partisans who viewed it as low-class, animal welfare advocates who worried about the dogs’ wellbeing, and small businessmen who wanted bettors to spend their money at their establishments instead.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 Nov. 2024
Tinsley highlights that these beauty aesthetics, oftentimes coded as low-class and racialized, are in actuality impractical for hard labor and therefore should reinforce the idea of feminine ease that is not often afforded to the Black women who pioneered these styles.
—Cierra Black, Essence, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Low-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-class. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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