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declasse

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–adjective

reduced to or having low or lower status: a once-chic restaurant that had become completely déclassé.

reduced or belonging to a lower or low social class, position, or rank.

Origin:
1885–1890; < F, ptp. of déclasser. See de-, class

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declasse

1887, from Fr. déclassé, pp. of déclasser "to cause to lose class."

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