Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unwashed masses

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
un-washed -mass-es
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The collective group of people who are considered to be uneducated, uninformed, or in some other way unqualified for inclusion in the speaker's elite circles.

Derogatory

Usage

Synonyms

canaille commonality commonalty crowd commonage demos everyone general public great unhosed great unwashed herd hoi polloi

Questions

What does unwashed masses mean?
The collective group of people who are considered to be uneducated, uninformed, or in some other way unqualified for inclusion in the speaker's elite circles.

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