second class
citizen
People with learning difficulties are not second-class citizens, and should not be treated as if they were.
Financially challenged parents living in affluent areas can sometimes feel like second-class citizens.
Pedestrians and cyclists are considered second-class citizens on our roads.
Some of the residents complained of being treated like second class citizens.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People of little importance
a cog in a/the machineidiom
be past your sell-by dateidiom
cannon fodder
Cinderella
inferior
lightweight
mediocrity
minnow
nothing
pawn
pipsqueak
plaything
poor
poor relationidiom
pygmy
unknown
waste
waste of spaceidiom
waster
worm