Laborers in the emerging underclass who cater to the whims of the better-off are sometimes referred to as “wealth workers."
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Underclass
Synonyms for "underclass" (7 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
disadvantaged groupinferiors
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
lower classlowest class
Related words (3)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
marginalized group
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3 entrieslow income familiesurban poorworking poor
Collocations
6 entrieseconomic underclassthe underclassunderclass familiesunderclass statusunderclass youthurban underclass
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Capitalism does not allow everyone to succeed; it requires an underclass.
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The two are immediately caught up in a terrorist plot to rid the earth of its underclass, and this gives Nobby the chance to live out a James Bond fantasy of Englishness, with his own lager-swilling twist.
Source: wiktionary
Still, among New York’s creative underclass — cash poor but culturally potent — it feels like everything but socialism is now irrelevant.
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