déclassé
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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
And if it is so déclassé, why does every brand, even the fanciest among them, have a salted version?
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2021
These three are all of the best families, and their relations stick to them in the background, so they are not altogether déclassé.
From Man and Maid by Glyn, Elinor
It’s declasse and too far from where I live.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
One resuit: some world-traveling Cartier customers came to regard the New York store as shamefully declasse.
From Time Magazine Archive
Too long has that region's savory fare been dubbed declasse by snobbish restaurateurs.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Cheever's suburbias, trying to live up to Leander's morality usually results in grotesquely declasse behavior.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not that he is no longer a member of society nor unamenable to its general laws, but that he has become a respectable declasse, as it were.
From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival
