Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the social class lowest in the social hierarchy;
[syn: lower class, underclass]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. belonging to the lowest and least privileged social stratum;
- Example: "underclass mothers and children"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
underclass
adj 1: belonging to the lowest and least privileged social
stratum; "underclass mothers and children"
n 1: the social class lowest in the social hierarchy [syn:
lower class, underclass]