Underprivileged

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others, usually through no fault of one's own.
2. A deprived person; deprived people (normally used as a plural).

Example Sentences

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

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.

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• more underprivileged
• most underprivileged
• underprivileged

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