lower-class adjective 2lower class noun 1forms 3 adjective2 •Not of the elite, of the peasantry or working-class.The lower-class people have little chance of advancement. •Unrefined.His lower-class tastes tended to run to three-stooges movies and cheap drink. lower class noun1 •A class of people in a society characterized by low incomes, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status. formslower classes · more lower-class · most lower-class