as in evicted
to end the occupancy or possession of
opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes
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Recent Examples of dispossessed
Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022
And when Israel gained its independence in 1948, Zionism became the world’s first successful Indigenous movement of a dispossessed and colonized people regaining sovereignty in their Indigenous homeland.
—Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021
Andy Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
The cry is always I have been dispossessed of what belongs to me, my house, the food, foodstuff, the land.
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Without the voices of the dispossessed, how can there be deconstruction?
—Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022
And when Israel gained its independence in 1948, Zionism became the world’s first successful Indigenous movement of a dispossessed and colonized people regaining sovereignty in their Indigenous homeland.
—Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021
Adjective
The forward was more alert than substitute Andrew Robertson when Dominik Szoboszlai was dispossessed when attempting an audacious flick.
—Andy Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
The cry is always I have been dispossessed of what belongs to me, my house, the food, foodstuff, the land.
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossessed
Verb
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Who got evicted from 'Big Brother'?—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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Under existing law, a landlord must pay one month’s rent at the rate in the contract for any tenant evicted for no fault of the tenant.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Children living in deprived settlements had to travel further to reach a playground, and those playgrounds tended to be smaller than those in less deprived areas.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Their comeback may help regenerate deprived economic regions like Italy's Abruzzo.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Pigs will fly before the EEOC returns to conduct another investigation, though any current effort would most likely turn accusations of bias on their head and consider how men have been systematically disadvantaged, employment statistics be damned.—
Martha Lauzen,
Variety,
15 Sep. 2025
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Under the current iteration, seats are distributed evenly across socio-economic tiers based on neighborhood, and students are awarded extra points based on factors like attending a school with an over 40% economically disadvantaged population, living in DCF care and homelessness.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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It was conducted in an impoverished country in Africa where the mortality rate for children under age 5 is about double the global average, according to data collected by UNICEF.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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Along with housing, medical expenses are a top cost for impoverished people.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Code Avengers runs the Digital Navigators program, which provides in-person workshops for underprivileged children around the globe.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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Running Ali Model English School, her late father’s initiative, set up for underprivileged children in Karachi’s Korangi Town in 2009, Zehra reveals that art activities were, and always have been, a huge focus at the school.—
Sonya Rehman,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Though the score was 17-6 while heading into the fourth quarter, everything looked quite destitute for Minnesota.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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And the MacKenzies are one silver fork away from being destitute.—
Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In 2014, the Robinsons chaired The Charlotte Observer’s annual effort to send needy children to summer camps, after years of donating money and time to the cause.—
Michael Gordon,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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That investigation found several of the district's poorest high schools were losing three of every four advantaged and high-achieving students to magnets or more desirable high schools within the district — leaving behind higher rates of needier students.—
Krista Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Judge Graf ruled that Robinson is indigent and appointed legal counsel to represent him.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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In 2022 several indigent defendants lacking timely appointment of counsel filed a lawsuit against Wisconsin’s State Public Defender office, claiming an ongoing pattern of delays in appointing a public defender for open criminal cases around the state.—
MARGARET SHREINER,
jsonline.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Dispossessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossessed. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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