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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Arline Geronimus, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2024
Meanwhile, 28% of the 18-year-olds who enrolled in university this year come from deprived areas, compared with just under 18% in 2013.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
Instead of college scholarships and pre-Olympic programs, the big talents have, more often than not, been drawn from society’s most deprived, where trauma and lack of opportunity bake in a capacity to persist through pain.
—Ben Wyatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
Vardi's vast experience has taught her that the first to suffer from anti-democratic acts are those at the bottom of the Israeli food chain: Arabs, refugees, patients from deprived backgrounds.
—Time, 24 Aug. 2023
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The highest MMRs and largest increases are in minoritized, working class, or deprived populations.
—Arline Geronimus, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2024
Meanwhile, 28% of the 18-year-olds who enrolled in university this year come from deprived areas, compared with just under 18% in 2013.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
Instead of college scholarships and pre-Olympic programs, the big talents have, more often than not, been drawn from society’s most deprived, where trauma and lack of opportunity bake in a capacity to persist through pain.
—Ben Wyatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
Vardi's vast experience has taught her that the first to suffer from anti-democratic acts are those at the bottom of the Israeli food chain: Arabs, refugees, patients from deprived backgrounds.
—Time, 24 Aug. 2023
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“Deprived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deprived. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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