: marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or of healthful environmental influences
culturally deprived children
sleep-deprived parents
Examples of deprived in a Sentence
The diet allows you to eat small amounts of your favorite foods, so you won't feel deprived.
a program to help deprived children
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The house, built for the aristocracy nearly 300 years ago, was divided into 19 tenement flats in the late 19th century as the area became more deprived and crowded.
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Megan Specia, New York Times, 27 June 2024
Access difficulties disproportionately affect those in deprived areas, according to Healthwatch.
—Richard Windsor, The Week Uk, theweek, 7 Feb. 2024
Government help to the poor and deprived is often derided as socialism or social engineering by conservatives who want family values alone to be the underpinning of lifting oneself up by the bootstraps.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2024
In London, where a substantial majority of pupils are now from an immigrant background, many from deprived families, the city outperforms the country as a whole by a considerable margin.
—Jonathan Portes, TIME, 27 Apr. 2024
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Megan Specia, New York Times, 27 June 2024
Access difficulties disproportionately affect those in deprived areas, according to Healthwatch.
—Richard Windsor, The Week Uk, theweek, 7 Feb. 2024
Government help to the poor and deprived is often derided as socialism or social engineering by conservatives who want family values alone to be the underpinning of lifting oneself up by the bootstraps.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2024
In London, where a substantial majority of pupils are now from an immigrant background, many from deprived families, the city outperforms the country as a whole by a considerable margin.
—Jonathan Portes, TIME, 27 Apr. 2024
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“Deprived.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deprived. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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