declasse

Example Sentences

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Without that preparation, would the Crawleys have been open to the declassé movie industry as a way to keep up their home?

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2022

They might admit they read them as a guilty pleasure—but to take part would be hopelessly declassé.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2015

But if Wells’ impressions of the food are right—I haven’t eaten at the restaurant—it’s not that Fieri is serving an unworthy, declassé kind of food.

From Time • Nov. 14, 2012

As the somewhat declassé Lady Marjorie, she is epigrammatically but insistently prudish about her love affair with the brilliant, married lawyer who flayed her in the divorce court.

From Time Magazine Archive