declassed

Example Sentences

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“Pygmalion” is a comedy about a woman who becomes declassed.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2018

In Rexroth's world, people call him "Duke," a term used in hobo jungles for the classy fellow in a sub-society of declassed men.

From Time Magazine Archive

They drew to them "the flotsam, the stragglers living on the fringe of their class . . . the unemployed . . . the declassed of all classes."

From Time Magazine Archive

That leaves Aaron, who hides his survivor's wit under a deadpan demeanor, to fend for himself in the shabby hotel where the declassed Kurlanders have washed up.

From Time Magazine Archive

An officer who had been in several battles without winning one must feel a trifle declassed and that it was time for him to make amends to his pride.

From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Palmer, Frederick