nonaristocratic

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Recent Examples of nonaristocratic Middleton has also had to contend with years of classist remarks about her nonaristocratic upbringing: People called her family the middle-class Middletons. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonaristocratic
Adjective
  • Below that sits the pedestrian CLK 500 and plebeian CLK 350.
    Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Across the lake, on the plebeian side, up the shoreline a mile or so, in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, stand twin 32-story towers dubbed Trump Plaza of the Palm Beaches.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • White outfits became the dress code at Wimbledon in the eighteen-eighties, because it was believed that white best masked ungenteel perspiration.
    Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022
Adjective
  • These once-humble activities are reclaiming their place not as quaint relics, but as powerful tools for well-being.
    Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Ready to let the humble-yet-mighty brown work its magic in your wardrobe this fall?
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s a common theme with Steen, Arbour and Jackman — all three players were heart-and-soul players with the Blues.
    Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Power source AA batteries are the common power source of standard cocktail smokers.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Its central character, Chevy Chase's Clark W. Griswold, is a dopey dad trying to keep it together amid an escalating series of exasperating frustrations and ignoble temptations.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
  • This is an ignoble plan that cites dubious science while elevating the entertainment of a handful of hunters over the revulsion of most Floridians.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2025
Adjective
  • After two consecutive wins on the road, the Bears are 3-2 and host the lowly New Orleans Saints (1-5) on Sunday.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That changed in Week 5, when the Panthers played a lowly Miami Dolphins defense that couldn’t stop anyone.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Over time, Buffett has always said gold is inferior as a long-term investment.
    Alex Crippen, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
  • An inferior pass rush impacts that.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Johnston said the inspiration behind the plot point came from wanting to address the feeling that, since the original book was published, the world has gotten meaner and crueler.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This country is increasingly mean-spirited in its energy.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Nonaristocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonaristocratic. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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