Explore Underclass through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like underprivileged or class. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Underclass in a sentence
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Underclass meaning
The poorest class of people in a given society.
Synonyms of Underclass
Using Underclass
- The main meaning on this page is: The poorest class of people in a given society.
- Useful related words include: underprivileged, lower class, class, social class.
- In the example corpus, underclass often appears in combinations such as: the underclass, permanent underclass, an underclass.
Context around Underclass
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 12 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Underclass
- In this selection, "underclass" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, permanent, global, victorian, lacking, jamaicans and prisoner stand out and add context to how "underclass" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a permanent underclass would be and a permanent underclass. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "underclass" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with underclass
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
How do you keep that underclass under control? (8 words)
Sadru Bhanji's book ‘Barnstaple's Victorian Underclass: Prisoner's photographs 1867-77’ is now available. (16 words)
At the same time, Reagan cut basic services to the underclass, such as the food stamps program. (17 words)
The UK is in danger of sliding back into the Two Nations of the Victorian era marked by a widening gap between mainstream society and a depressed and poverty-stricken underclass, according to an inquiry by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ). (42 words)
The Democrats long-term goal is to seal their permanence in power by giving voting rights to illegal aliens, who drown the impact of legacy GOP voters, and who will be a permanent underclass voter base for the Democrats. (39 words)
Writing on Cummings’ website in 2014, he said: “One way to get around the problems of unplanned pregnancies creating a permanent underclass would be to legally enforce universal uptake of long-term contraception at the onset of puberty. (38 words)
How do you keep that underclass under control? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
As Standing notes, the cognitive precariat is “the new global underclass, lacking not just labour rights but social and economic rights as well”.
Cries From The Youth is stridently and defiantly focused on the progress of underclass Jamaicans, recorded in the heart of Kington’s Waterhouse neighborhood at Jammy’s Studio at 38 St. Lucia Road.
Sadru Bhanji's book ‘Barnstaple's Victorian Underclass: Prisoner's photographs 1867-77’ is now available.
She was named the Duneland Athletic Conference most valuable player, and she was picked for the inaugural Indiana All-Stars Futures Game and the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Underclass All-State Supreme 15 list.
The Democrats long-term goal is to seal their permanence in power by giving voting rights to illegal aliens, who drown the impact of legacy GOP voters, and who will be a permanent underclass voter base for the Democrats.
The UK is in danger of sliding back into the Two Nations of the Victorian era marked by a widening gap between mainstream society and a depressed and poverty-stricken underclass, according to an inquiry by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ).
At the same time, Reagan cut basic services to the underclass, such as the food stamps program.
However the next month adviser Andrew Sabisky was forced to resign over past comments in which he talked about forced contraception of the 'underclass' and suggested black people had lower IQs.
Since food bank usage began to soar in the 2010s, such organisations’ have chronicled the rise of an underclass whose members have been humiliated, marginalised and impoverished by punitive policymaking.
But they're united in their sympathy for — and belief in the formidable power of — the underclass.
He wrote: 'One way to get around the problems of unplanned pregnancies creating a permanent underclass would be to legally enforce universal uptake of long-term contraception at the onset of puberty.
How do you keep that underclass under control?
In one fell swoop, the vast underclass of India’s urban centres were deprived of their livelihood.
Sabisky’s misfit and weirdo status is confirmed by various comments made online, which include arguing for enforced long-term contraception for all teenagers, to prevent what he calls a “permanent underclass”.
Writing on Cummings’ website in 2014, he said: “One way to get around the problems of unplanned pregnancies creating a permanent underclass would be to legally enforce universal uptake of long-term contraception at the onset of puberty.
At the same time, however, our identity is inextricably linked to being descendants of the underclass,” she says.
Rage of the female underclass is as potent here as the rage of ancient queens cursed by the gods.
And, once again, that was not the only underclass turnover — Isaiah Briscoe and Isaac Humphries both left Lexington and went undrafted, while Chase Jeter transferred out of Durham.
But to this day, the “habits of repression are visible in parts of the country, especially if you’re a member of the underclass,” says Roberts.
Without any doubt there is an underclass in America that is absolutely struggling, that is white, or that is also white, I should say.
Common combinations with underclass
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the underclass 5×
- permanent underclass 4×
- an underclass 4×
- underclass would 2×
- underclass of 2×