low-class

adjective

ˈlō-ˈklas 

: 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

Examples of low-class in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Airlines are adding more seats in first class and the entire model of the low-class carrier is going by the wayside. — Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 12 Jan. 2026

Daily life in a peasant village A peasant was not simply a low-class or poor person. — Bobbi Sutherland, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025

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. — Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for low-class

• alas
• amass
• bromegrass
• bypass
• crabgrass
• crevasse
• eelgrass
• eyeglass
• groundmass
• harass
• impasse
• jackass