Usually means: Socially disadvantaged, economically deprived group.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. underclass: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. underclass: Merriam-Webster
  3. underclass: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. underclass: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. underclass: Collins English Dictionary
  6. underclass: Vocabulary.com
  7. Underclass, underclass: Wordnik
  8. underclass: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. underclass: Wiktionary
  10. underclass: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. underclass: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. underclass: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. underclass: Dictionary.com
  14. underclass: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. underclass: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Underclass: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. underclass: FreeDictionary.org
  18. underclass: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. underclass: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. underclass: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  The poorest class of people in a given society.

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