How to Use classless in a Sentence
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That’s about as classless as any adult can be, that’s gonna do that to a kid.
—Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Mar. 2021
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Matty isn’t quite so classless this week.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
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An excellent point, in the face of a bunch of classless drivel.
—Heidi Stevens, Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
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Some of the reaction to his death was also classless.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 21 Mar. 2026
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He’s been called overrated, classless, weak, soft, not-clutch, unworthy.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, The Mercury News, 12 June 2017
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The idea of creating a classless utopia is completely absent.
—Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 20 Aug. 2019
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Your days as a classless act may be over, thanks to our guide to gratuities in our favorite Nevada playground.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2019
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But the awkward thing amidst all of Buffon's classless post-match trash talking, is that Oliver was spot on.
—SI.com, 18 Apr. 2018
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Instead, that celebration was tainted by a classless, crass and deplorable stunt.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com, 28 Jan. 2022
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This is a disgusting, classless, abusive representation of our sport in so many ways.
—Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2021
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Dazhai has become a symbol not for a classless society, but for a strong and wealthy China that will soon surpass the West.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
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Standards decline and Americans elect a classless president who sets the tone even lower.
—George Skelton, latimes.com, 8 Mar. 2018
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Labour government decided to put a stop to that anachronism, which jarred with its vision of a modern, classless society.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2020
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These can’t both be true—if the United States were a classless society, there would be no need for upward mobility.
—John Patrick Leary, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2019
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The general consensus was that Chelsea could have chosen a different clip to hype up the game, with some labelling the move as a low blow and 'classless'.
—SI.com, 17 Sep. 2017
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Communism is a system based on the belief of economic equality and the desire for a classless society.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2022
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But any doctor will testify, gout is impartial and classless, afflicting the indigent as well as the patrician.
—Paul Theroux, Town & Country, 17 June 2013
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Trump’s classless remarks stood out in stark contrast to the praise for Powell that crossed ideological, racial and political fault lines.
—al, 19 Oct. 2021
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Harden, roundly despised by Warriors fans during his days in Houston and reviled for his classless exit, has resurfaced as a prince.
—Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2021
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And in an officially classless society, such as the United States, citizens do not use titles.
—Miss Manners, star-telegram, 23 July 2017
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That was made worse only by teammate Chase Claypool’s classless comment about how badly the Browns would lose their next game, this Sunday.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2021
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This type of behavior by Mayor Hammoud was uncalled for, classless, unprofessional and just plain wrong.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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But his clueless, classless and evasive 63-year-old mansplaining took me back to the days early in my career as a budding young attorney and aspiring politico.
—Natalie Johnson, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2021
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The Kaepernick protests thus metastasized from one man’s classless protest to saturation-level fawning and hectoring.
—David French, National Review, 28 July 2017
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That was classless behavior, and one fan was fortunate Malkin showed enough restraint to stop the situation from escalating into an ugly or violent scene.
—Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 4 June 2017
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The harmful framing of women athletes as vulnerable and Black women athletes as overly aggressive and classless has been well-established across studies.
—Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
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Morgan has been characterized as classless, disrespectful and distasteful for celebrating what turned out to be the game-winner against England by sipping a pretend cup of tea.
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 4 July 2019
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Born as the upscale derivative of the classless Volkswagen Golf, the Audi A3 has led a bit of a duplicitous life.
—Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 10 Apr. 2020
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The series ended with a punch, a classless moment that reflected poorly on both programs, but also encapsulated the contentious nature of the relationship between two of the premier programs of that decade.
—Chadd Cripe, idahostatesman, 15 Dec. 2017
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The dictator Pol Pot and the communist Khmer Rouge attempted to create a classless agrarian society.
—Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2021
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