as in disadvantaged
kept from having the necessities of life or a healthful environment
a program to help deprived children
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as in stripped
to take something away from
working those long hours was depriving him of his sleep
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as in deposed
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)
a prince who had been deprived after those who opposed the monarchy came to power
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Recent Examples of deprived
Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
There is a mandatory part of the academy scholarship where boys undertake community projects, working with schools in deprived areas close to St James’.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
The alliance jointly fought the 2024 general election and deprived Modi of an outright majority, forcing him to rely on the support of regional parties to form a coalition government.
—Shilpa Jamkhandikar, USA Today, 4 May 2026
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Adjective
That's the difference between him and somebody like Jackson, who is a deprived son of a teenage mother.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
There is a mandatory part of the academy scholarship where boys undertake community projects, working with schools in deprived areas close to St James’.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
For many decades after Reconstruction, southern states deprived Black people of the right to vote while counting their bodies toward congressional seats.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
The alliance jointly fought the 2024 general election and deprived Modi of an outright majority, forcing him to rely on the support of regional parties to form a coalition government.
—Shilpa Jamkhandikar, USA Today, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deprived
Adjective
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But Andreassen’s biggest gripe with the system remains its ability to let talented kids from disadvantaged backgrounds slip through the cracks.—
Andy Yamashita,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2026
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In 2006’s Joy in the Hood, Bishop traveled to disadvantaged areas all around Ireland to teach stand-up comedy.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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In the aftermath of 2020, Jones was stripped of a committee chairmanship and frozen out of Senate GOP leadership.—
Shannon McCaffrey,
AJC.com,
10 June 2026
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Residents who live nearby, and can still see the problem tank, now dismantled and stripped of all weather protection after emergency crews began working to cool the tank, want the company gone altogether.—
Hunter Sowards,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Read's attorneys said Tuesday did not work for them, so Proctor is now scheduled to be deposed on June 25.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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The judge ordered that Proctor be deposed Tuesday, but Read’s lawyer Damon Seligson said that wouldn’t work for counsel’s schedules.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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Rural Cuba was profoundly impoverished and underdeveloped before and during the Batista era, and land ownership was scant among the working poor.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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So much for bringing the experience of art to culturally impoverished Butte.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Then, just three plays later, Grier was sacked by Saints defensive end Cam Jordan.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
4 June 2026
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During Wednesday’s open-media look, Thomas flew around the edge during 11-on-11 and would have likely sacked quarterback Justin Fields in a game situation.—
Pete Sweeney
June 4,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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Wright’s comments come as the latest data from IMF’s PortWatch showed traffic remains depressed through Hormuz, a key route for exporting crude from the Middle East.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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As anxiety has mounted about depressed entry-level hiring, with Gen Z crowds even booing luminaries such as Eric Schmidt amid commencement speeches touting AI, Dimon has given warm but blunt advice to ambitious young workers.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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The novel was initially ignored, and then—after Graham Greene called it one of the best books of the year—dismissed, and then banned, first in the UK and then in France.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Resuming on 55-5 and requiring 254 for an unlikely win, New Zealand lost its remaining five wickets inside the first two hours of play and was dismissed for 138.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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The second didn’t go nearly as well for Bussi as Karlsson and Howden scored on two of the Golden Knights’ six shots in the period to tie the score at 3-3 heading into the third, the tying goal coming off a Seth Jarvis turnover and a couple of poor defensive plays by Sean Walker and K’Andre Miller.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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Heat radiates from the pages of this extraordinary novel about a poor family in rural Mississippi in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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“Deprived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deprived. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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