Definition of DOWNTRODDEN

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They were poor and downtrodden. a war that was supposed to liberate the downtrodden citizens of that nation

Recent Examples on the Web Bloomberg, 78, accused Sanders of hypocrisy for championing the poor and downtrodden while owning three homes, one in Washington and two in Vermont. — David Mark, Washington Examiner, "ANALYSIS: 2020 Democrats finally embrace negative campaigning," 20 Feb. 2020 Director Todd Philipps frames Arthur as a symbol for the downtrodden, disenfranchised, and powerless people of Gotham. — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, "Joker Isn’t In Birds Of Prey. Get Over It.," 7 Feb. 2020 Women in former eras were downtrodden and frequently assented to it. — The Economist, "Love in the time of the Black Death," 29 Aug. 2019 Paying respect to her became a fraught form of uncertainty insurance for merchants, farmers, gamblers, and for the truly downtrodden, like the enslaved. — Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "Welcome to the future (of Fortune, that is)," 15 Jan. 2020 True to form, on Tuesday morning, the team was expected to do something predictable: Hire Matt Rhule, the former Giants assistant coach who has become a rising star after rebuilding downtrodden college football programs at Temple and Baylor. — Bill Pennington, New York Times, "Giants Agree to Hire Joe Judge as Head Coach," 7 Jan. 2020 That’s just been my path, taking downtrodden programs, forgotten programs, left-behind programs and turning them around. — Vytas Mazeika, The Mercury News, "High school football: Gunn out to prove Palo Alto not one-team town," 18 Sep. 2019 With three days before Christmas, a man begrudgingly takes on the task of delivering toys from Santa and manages to spread cheer among downtrodden people. — Chris Foran, jsonline.com, "Christmas TV guide 2019: Where and when you can find holiday shows, from Hallmark movies to 'Grinch'," 25 Nov. 2019 But in that moment, as Green barked at him about another questionable shot, Poole looked a bit downtrodden. — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, "Warriors work to help Jordan Poole snap out of shooting slump," 18 Nov. 2019

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“Downtrodden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downtrodden. Accessed 27 Feb. 2020.

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