underprivileged

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underprivileged

adjective more underprivileged · most underprivileged

  1. Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others, usually through no fault of one's own. Underprivileged, grew up in a Stapleton house village / Where blood flood the water in streets like oil spillage

noun underprivileged

  1. A deprived person; deprived people (normally used as a plural). Since that time, both Catholicism and the Protestant denominations have seen an enormous outpouring of caritative agencies. Nuns and monks made teaching and care for the underprivileged a central part of their vocation; devout men and women have founded and devoted their lives to institutions as far

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adj deprived of opportunities and advantages

Françaisdéfavorisé
Deutschunterprivilegiert, benachteiligt

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@misc{underprivileged_2026,
  title = {underprivileged},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/underprivileged},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}