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Underclass Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Underclass has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

the social class lowest in the social hierarchy

2

The poorest class of people in a given society.

Adjective
1

belonging to the lowest and least privileged social stratum

"underclass mothers and children"

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
class
Rhyming Words
ass jass sass wass nass mass lass tass gass bass vass dass kass pass yass cass hass blass crass unass
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