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base, baseborn, ungentle

adj. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"

menial, humble

adj. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

low, small, humble, modest

adj. low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"

lower, secondary, subordinate, inferior, subaltern, petty, junior-grade, lower-ranking

adj. inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"

retiring, unassuming

adj. not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl"

mild, modest, meek

adj. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"

low, small, humble, modest, lowly

adj. low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"

mean

adj. excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"

retiring, unassuming

adj. not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl"

mild, modest, meek

adj. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"

menial, humble, lowly

adj. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

mean, beggarly

adj. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed

adj. of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed

adj. of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

ignoble, untitled

adj. not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"

amateur, unprofessional, amateurish

adj. lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"

crude, artless, inexpert

adj. showing lack of art; "an artless translation"

butcherly, botchy, unskillful, unskilful

adj. poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt"

bungled

adj. spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness; "a bungled job"

clumsy, lubberly

adj. clumsy and unskilled; "a big stupid lubberly fellow"

incompetent

adj. showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"

rusty, out of practice

adj. impaired in skill by neglect

semiskilled

adj. possessing or requiring limited skills; "semiskilled dockworkers"; "a semiskilled job"

lower, less

adj. (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect"

low-level

adj. at a low level in rank or importance; "a low-level job"; "low-level discussions"

middle-level

adj. intermediate in rank or position; "middle-level management"

outclassed

adj. decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class

minor

adj. of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor"

younger, jr.

adj. used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father; "John Junior"; "John Smith, Jr."

noble

adj. of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"

superior

adj. of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior officer"

soaring, tall, eminent, lofty, towering

adj. of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs"

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