déclassé

American  

[dey-kla-sey, -klah-, dey-klah-sey] / ˌdeɪ klæˈseɪ, -klɑ-, deɪ klɑˈseɪ /

adjective

1. reduced to or having low or lower status.

   a once-chic restaurant that had become completely déclassé.

2. reduced or belonging to a lower or low social class, position, or rank.

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déclassé British  

/ deklɑse /

adjective

1. Also (feminine): déclassée.  having lost social standing or status

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Etymology

Origin of déclassé

1885–1890; < French, past participle of déclasser. See de-, class

Example Sentences

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

From Salon

It’s declasse and too far from where I live.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Slate

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From New York Times