Meaning of the word underclass in English

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underclass

US /ˈʌn.dɚ.klæs/
UK /ˈʌn.dɚ.klæs/

Noun

1.

a group of people with a lower social and economic position than any of the other classes of society:

Example:
The long-term unemployed now constitute a kind of underclass.
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