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Definition of déclassé in English: déclassé(also déclassée) adjective deɪˈklaseɪˌdākläˈsā Having fallen in social status. 破落的,失去社会地位的,落泊的 his parents were poor and déclassé 他的父母贫穷落泊。 Example sentencesExamples - Three cheers for Margo and Mungo, welcome by the way at déclassé Lismore dinner parties any time.
- Ruscha painted for years in a déclassé section of Hollywood but moved amiably among all the art scenettes in LA.
- There's even a hierarchy of diet-trendiness: the Atkins is no longer considered chic, having become déclassé in the way that ubiquitous things always do, whether they're hair extensions, French manicures or ways to lose weight.
- Charlie didn't belong to this era, when public nudity, group sex and being able to ingest more drugs than an elephant are all fine - admired, even - but being drunk is considered déclassé.
- It's going to the building of new community centers that'll dispense not so much the food and shelter thing (how déclassé!) but advice on how to sustain a marriage, how to enjoy family life, and how to build character and cultivate spirit.
- Overt striving becomes just slightly déclassé.
- Leave such déclassé parlance to the denizens of Dunkin Donuts.
- Apparently, he thought ‘doggie bag’ was too déclassé for his restaurant.
- Benjamin's concern was that while the voice of the déclassé masses, the everyday voice of the ordinary people had been made into literature, the voice was compromised.
- The high gothic Viennetta-type desserts are a tad déclassé and something of an affront to the pared down chic of Ms Ireland.
- One doesn't expect life lessons from a show so déclassé that the WB ditched it, but The Surreal Life still has plenty to teach of us.
- To marry a Calvinist was déclassé and a flirtation with heresy if not anarchy.
- Actually, the term ‘spying’ is too déclassé for the pin-striped corporate crowd.
- He is resented by his wife, who feels déclassé because of her husband's unambitious upward immobility, which includes his taking unchic banjo lessons.
- As if to refute the idea, he indulged in a bit of casual French himself: ‘Liberal elites associate conservatism with things déclassé,’ the staffer said.
- Her mouth turns down slightly as she says this, sotto voce - women like her don't whisper, such a déclassé high school thing to do - over the sweet peas.
- Once the health risks are dramatically reduced or eliminated, will daily consumption of nicotine still be viewed as shameful and déclassé, as a disease to be treated or a problem to be overcome?
- Maybe I overheard a snide classmate making a joke about the déclassé audience, a comment that clashed with my resurfacing sense of kinship.
- And any social stigma once associated with home-swapping as a déclassé activity has long since vanished.
- Hostesses were expected to know that iceberg lettuce was déclassé and tuna fish casseroles de trop.
OriginLate 19th century: French, 'removed from one's class, degraded', past participle of déclasser. Definition of déclassé in US English: déclassé(also déclassée) adjectiveˌdākläˈsā Having fallen in social status. 破落的,失去社会地位的,落泊的 his parents were poor and déclassé 他的父母贫穷落泊。 Example sentencesExamples - He is resented by his wife, who feels déclassé because of her husband's unambitious upward immobility, which includes his taking unchic banjo lessons.
- Maybe I overheard a snide classmate making a joke about the déclassé audience, a comment that clashed with my resurfacing sense of kinship.
- Three cheers for Margo and Mungo, welcome by the way at déclassé Lismore dinner parties any time.
- It's going to the building of new community centers that'll dispense not so much the food and shelter thing (how déclassé!) but advice on how to sustain a marriage, how to enjoy family life, and how to build character and cultivate spirit.
- Leave such déclassé parlance to the denizens of Dunkin Donuts.
- Ruscha painted for years in a déclassé section of Hollywood but moved amiably among all the art scenettes in LA.
- The high gothic Viennetta-type desserts are a tad déclassé and something of an affront to the pared down chic of Ms Ireland.
- Charlie didn't belong to this era, when public nudity, group sex and being able to ingest more drugs than an elephant are all fine - admired, even - but being drunk is considered déclassé.
- And any social stigma once associated with home-swapping as a déclassé activity has long since vanished.
- Overt striving becomes just slightly déclassé.
- As if to refute the idea, he indulged in a bit of casual French himself: ‘Liberal elites associate conservatism with things déclassé,’ the staffer said.
- One doesn't expect life lessons from a show so déclassé that the WB ditched it, but The Surreal Life still has plenty to teach of us.
- Apparently, he thought ‘doggie bag’ was too déclassé for his restaurant.
- Once the health risks are dramatically reduced or eliminated, will daily consumption of nicotine still be viewed as shameful and déclassé, as a disease to be treated or a problem to be overcome?
- To marry a Calvinist was déclassé and a flirtation with heresy if not anarchy.
- There's even a hierarchy of diet-trendiness: the Atkins is no longer considered chic, having become déclassé in the way that ubiquitous things always do, whether they're hair extensions, French manicures or ways to lose weight.
- Hostesses were expected to know that iceberg lettuce was déclassé and tuna fish casseroles de trop.
- Actually, the term ‘spying’ is too déclassé for the pin-striped corporate crowd.
- Benjamin's concern was that while the voice of the déclassé masses, the everyday voice of the ordinary people had been made into literature, the voice was compromised.
- Her mouth turns down slightly as she says this, sotto voce - women like her don't whisper, such a déclassé high school thing to do - over the sweet peas.
OriginLate 19th century: French, ‘removed from one's class, degraded’, past participle of déclasser. |