n.

The lowest societal stratum, usually composed of the disadvantaged: “Divorced women and their children are becoming a new underclass” (Barbara Fisher Williamson).

Economically disadvantaged people in a society. The underclass are economically deprived for a wide variety of sociological reasons.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: belonging to the lowest and least privileged social stratum

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - underklasse

Nederlands (Dutch)
eerste- en tweedejaars studenten, laagste klasse, zwaksten (in de samenleving)

Français (French)
n. - sous-prolétariat

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unterklasse

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κατώτατη κοινωνική τάξη, κοινωνικό περιθώριο

Italiano (Italian)
sottoproletariato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - classe (f) inferior

Русский (Russian)
низшие слои общества, студенты первого или второго курса

Español (Spanish)
n. - (estudiantes de) los dos primeros años de la universidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - underklass

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
一、二年级学生, 下层阶级

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一﹑二年級學生, 下層階級

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 최하층, 사회의 저변

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 下層階級, 下層社会

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الطبقات السفلى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮המעמד התחתון‬

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