plebeian
relating to or characteristic of common people; unrefined
Plebeian in a sentence
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He affected a disdain for what he called plebeian entertainment.
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The naturalist warned that the alpine bloom was blank, a spectacle of color that would vanish within days of the thaw, leaving no trace by midsummer.
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