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Meanings of underclass in inglês

A class of people in a society characterized by low income, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status.

Underclass.

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Examples for "lower class"
Examples for "lower class"
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He was the second of seven children in a lower class family.
No More Mr. Nice Guy!
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I felt relieved, in spite of the size of the lower class.
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
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Barrera came from a middle class background, Morales from a lower class.
The Guardian
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This middle class condemnation swept the lower class away in its train.
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
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The remaining part of the lower class consisted of impoverished Chinese peasants.
A History of China
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If any sportsman's clay was shaped by the lumpenproletariat mentality of our inner cities, the most depraved in the civilised world, it is Rooney.
The Guardian
Usage of underclass in inglês
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Another wave of executives was colonizing the riverbank, creating a new underclass.
The water room
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I love fake revolts of the underclass: I'm a veteran of them.
The Guardian
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The result - a psychedelic voice of the underclass named Chicha.
Radio NZ
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Some policymakers assume that the underclass results solely from racial and economic discrimination.
The new yorker
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The west London underclass wasn't organised and self-aware like in the East End.
The Guardian
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The whole idea of welfare and entitlements is to create a permanent underclass.
NY Magazine
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The welfare payment from the PRH government to its permanent underclass.
War Of Honor
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In that sense, would you say your novel represents the invisible Indian underclass?
Reuters
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Government assistance will then have to expand to accommodate a burgeoning, restive underclass.
Reuters
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A growing underclass of people who don't earn enough is emerging.
The new yorker
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I don't want to see the creation of a tech underclass.
Wired
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Could they be what British politicians like to call an underclass?
The Guardian
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Dublin seems at best indifferent to its ambulatory underclass, at worst actively hostile.
The Irish Times
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The right-wing phrase 'the underclass' was ugly, but it was accurate.
A journey: my political life
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Without real commitment to refugees, we may create a new underclass, writes Peter O'Mahony.
The Irish Times
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Otherwise, that phrase I detest-permanentunderclass-willbecome our permanent reality.
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