deprived

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deprived

  • /dɪˈpɹaɪvd/

Rhymes with -aɪvd

adjective more deprived · most deprived

  1. Subject to deprivation; poor. London attracts some of the richest people in the world, but it is home also to some of the poorest people in the land. The three most deprived areas in Britain are all in London — Tower Hamlets, Newham and Hackney.

    Similar: forlorn

verb

  1. participle, past past participle of deprive

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Closest in meaning: underprivileged, disadvantaged, poverty, poor, impoverished, dispossessed, destitute, disenfranchised, disadvantage, neglected, lost, starved, closed, deprivation, depressed, withdrawn

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adj subject to deprivation

Españoldesprovisto, desproveído, privado, despojado
हिन्दीवंचित vañcit
Françaisdépouillé
Deutschberaubt, benachteiligt, unterprivilegiert, arm
Românădefavorizat

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@misc{deprived_2026,
  title = {deprived},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deprived},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}