the underprivileged
noun
: poor or disadvantaged people
We have to find ways to help the underprivileged.
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Does Jacobs’ sympathy for the underprivileged extend to Palestinians?
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Isaac Lozano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2023
There, the underprivileged dead are processed into nascent tree saplings, then shifted to an ominously unspecified location.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023
Isaac Lozano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2023
There, the underprivileged dead are processed into nascent tree saplings, then shifted to an ominously unspecified location.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023
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“The underprivileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20underprivileged. Accessed 1 Dec. 2023.
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