: 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
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Airlines are adding more seats in first class and the entire model of the low-class carrier is going by the wayside.
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Daily life in a peasant village A peasant was not simply a low-class or poor person.
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Bobbi Sutherland,
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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.
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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
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“Low-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-class. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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