déclassé
Americanadjective
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reduced to or having low or lower status.
a once-chic restaurant that had become completely déclassé.
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reduced or belonging to a lower or low social class, position, or rank.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of déclassé
1885–1890; < French, past participle of déclasser. See de-, class
Example Sentences
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By elevating quotidian subject matter to a sublime frenzy of saturated hues, he established color photography as an art form during the 1960s and ’70s, when it had been dismissed as déclassé.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
She’s a remnant of a déclassé life that Simone wants to leave behind.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025
How a cut once deemed déclassé is now at the forefront of chicness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
This general variety of business has often been viewed as déclassé, the province of fast-talking hustlers.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
It appeals to the idle, the reckless, the prodigal and the déclassé.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various
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