Adjective
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low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
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humble,
low,
modest,
small |
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inferior of or characteristic of low rank or importance
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inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
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junior-grade,
lower-ranking,
petty,
secondary,
subaltern |
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junior used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year student"
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of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
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base,
baseborn,
humble |
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lowborn of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor"
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used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
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humble,
menial |
