déclassé

[ dey-kla-sey, -klah-; French dey-klah-sey ]
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adjective
  1. reduced to or having low or lower status: a once-chic restaurant that had become completely déclassé.

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

Origin of déclassé

1
1885–1890; <French, past participle of déclasser.See de-, class

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British Dictionary definitions for déclassé

déclassé

/ (French deklɑse) /


adjective
  1. having lost social standing or status: Also (feminine): déclassée

Origin of déclassé

1
C19: from French déclasser to declass

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