déclassé

[ dey-kla-sey, -klah-; French dey-klah-sey ]

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.

déclassé

/ deklɑse /

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of déclassé¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of déclassé¹

C19: from French déclasser to declass

Example Sentences

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

“Trump’s talk may be déclassé, but the First Amendment defends his right to present his distorted view of the world up to the point that he presents a true threat to people or the administration of justice. Not easy to measure,” Rogow wrote in an email.

From Washington Times

“Trump’s talk may be déclassé, but the First Amendment defends his right to present his distorted view of the world up to the point that he presents a true threat to people or the administration of justice. Not easy to measure,” Rogow wrote in an email.

From Seattle Times

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

From Los Angeles Times