declasse

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

She’s a remnant of a déclassé life that Simone wants to leave behind.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

Today, Americans intuitively associate computers and the internet with the technological frontier and associate manufacturing with déclassé smokestacks of yore.

From Slate • May 28, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2023

There was a very hard-boiled egg, a box of sardines, a dish of terribly déclassé potatoes, and a cup of tea.

From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia