declasse

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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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2023

This general variety of business has often been viewed as déclassé, the province of fast-talking hustlers.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2023

And if it is so déclassé, why does every brand, even the fanciest among them, have a salted version?

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2021

They gossiped with Una about the husbands of the déclassé women—men suspected to be itinerant quack doctors, sellers of dubious mining or motor stock, or even crooks and gamblers.

From The Job An American Novel by Lewis, Sinclair