Synonyms: lowly, base, baseborn, humble
Definition: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
Usage: baseborn wretches with dirty faces; of humble (or lowly) birth
Similar words: lowborn
Definition: of humble birth or origins
Usage: a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor
Synonyms: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, subaltern, secondary, petty
Definition: inferior in rank or status
Usage: the junior faculty; a lowly corporal; petty officialdom; a subordinate functionary
Similar words: junior
Definition: younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
Synonyms: humble, menial, lowly
Definition: used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
Similar words: unskilled
Definition: not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
Usage: unskilled in the art of rhetoric; an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber; unskilled labor; workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities; unskilled workmanship
Synonyms: humble, small, low, lowly, modest
Definition: low or inferior in station or quality
Usage: a humble cottage; a lowly parish priest; a modest man of the people; small beginnings
Similar words: inferior
Definition: of or characteristic of low rank or importance