déclassé

Example Sentences

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By elevating quotidian subject matter to a sublime frenzy of saturated hues, he established color photography as an art form during the 1960s and ’70s, when it had been dismissed as déclassé.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

As prevalent as garlic is in American cooking today, for much of the 20th century it was considered an exotic, even déclassé, ingredient.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2022

A cut once deemed déclassé is now at the forefront of chicness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022

Then again, the reason everyone likes them is because regardless of how loud or déclassé their behavior is, they're deferential and sweet to the family elders.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2021

They gossiped with Una about the husbands of the déclassé women—men suspected to be itinerant quack doctors, sellers of dubious mining or motor stock, or even crooks and gamblers.

From The Job An American Novel by Lewis, Sinclair