as in downscale
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Recent Examples of déclassé
Very few seem to remember, or care, how declasse that phrase was once considered.
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Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
As prevalent as garlic is in American cooking today, for much of the 20th century it was considered an exotic, even declasse, ingredient.
—Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022
In China, Pabst beer, which is cheap and declasse stateside, is reformulated as Blue Ribbon 1844 and sells for roughly $50 a bottle.
—Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021
Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
As prevalent as garlic is in American cooking today, for much of the 20th century it was considered an exotic, even declasse, ingredient.
—Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022
In China, Pabst beer, which is cheap and declasse stateside, is reformulated as Blue Ribbon 1844 and sells for roughly $50 a bottle.
—Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for déclassé
Adjective
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Beyond targeting more downscale shoppers, Apple will be able to pitch the computer as an option for corporate and organizational buyers — given its lower price and compatibility with both Mac and iPhone apps.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Becket grew up poor, in downscale Belleville, NJ (his mother was kicked to the curb after getting pregnant out of wedlock).—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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One of this play’s many delights arrives when down-market, undereducated Becky comes face-to-face with the aristocratic Susan, their similarities soon as peculiar and glaring as their differences.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2026
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The company’s naming convention, for starters, doesn’t follow any kind of logical progression up- or down-market.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Athmile Loose Fit T-shirt as the elevated answer to a plain white tee.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Apr. 2026
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Anyone who doesn’t believe Lamar Jackson bears the pressure to fulfill his greatness with a Super Bowl ring is kidding themselves, NFL history and plain logic.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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His savior was the experimental documentarian Harun Farocki, famous for provocative works that skewered bourgeois complacency.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Ana Dumitrescu stars as a young Romanian woman who moves to France to work for a bourgeois family and joins an amateur theater troupe adapting Mirbeau’s novel for the stage.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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With the midterm dynamics, and Brown's strong working-class brand in the state, Democrats see an opening for a pick-up.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Probably with the early-1900s economic woes that drove his family from central Italy to this working-class block.—
Danielle Paquette The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Déclassé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/d%C3%A9class%C3%A9. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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