underprivileged

CEFRC1

/ˈʌndərprɪvlədʒd/

adjective

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In plain English

01
adjective
Having fewer advantages and opportunities than most people.
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adjective
Extra detail
A deprived person; deprived people (normally used as a plural).

Examples

The underprivileged beggar was not eligible for financial aid.
Wherever there has been censorship, the first people to suffer from it are underprivileged minorities.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meaning

Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others, usually through no fault of one's own.

In context

Underprivileged, grew up in a Stapleton house village / Where blood flood the water in streets like oil spillage

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Underprivileged, grew up in a Stapleton house village / Where blood flood the water in streets like oil spillage
1996, “After the Smoke is Clear”, in Ironman, performed by Ghostface Killah
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 removed as Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity and the Salvation Army.
2004, Phyllis G. Jestice, Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 183

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