unclassedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈklɑːst/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈklast/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈklɑːst/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈklast/, U.S. /ˌənˈklæst/ Not classed; not assigned to a particular class.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > outcast or untouchable > [adjective]
unclassed1781
casteless1821
outcaste1838
classless1878
1781 T. Warton Let. 22 June in Corr. (1995) iii. 439 Tanner's books..are squeezed into a most incommodious room, covered with dust, unclassed, and without a catalogue.
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iii. iv. 120 The man remains..Equal, unclassed, tribeless, and nationless.
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind viii. 203 He would have to leave a large fraction of the whole in an unclassed heap.
1902 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 344 Honduras, Salvador and Nicaragua, where are even now found any number of unclassed, insignificant tribes.
1963 Financial Times 12 Feb. 13/7 Since 1955 one unclassed car has often been substituted for separate first- and second-class coaches.
2006 Believer Mar. 32/2 Hinterlands peopled by immigrants, adolescents,..and unclassed exotics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1781