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

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

The most typical instance is the feeling of the American Jew for Palestine, which may well become a focus for his déclassé kinsmen in other parts of the world.

From The War and Democracy by