disfranchised

past tense of disfranchise

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disfranchised
Verb
  • Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain have threatened not to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest unless Israel is excluded from the competition.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Territories annexed to other countries are excluded.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Decades of underfunding and under-research mean women are still diagnosed late, treated inadequately, and left to manage conditions that could have been prevented or better addressed.
    Maria Shriver, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In the time since, Customs and Border Protection has prevented nearly 10,500 shipments valued at nearly $1 billion from entering the United States because of products or components that could have originated in Xinjiang.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The president highlighted new European investors entering the country, but said the pace is hindered by the lack of banking and insurance facilities in the territory.
    Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Gittens has also been hindered by not having a proper pre-season.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Israel has consistently denied accusations of genocide.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Customers frequently commend the company’s customer service, but some had complaints about denied claims and difficulties canceling contracts.
    Brian Sloan, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • So as not to muddy either the political or familial waters, Franklin discouraged Temple from any contact with his father.
    Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • That means builders are discouraged about the future.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For years, technological, geographical and financial hurdles impeded wave and tide energy development.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The scandal has already impeded the effort to hold Israel accountable for the death toll in Gaza; the woman fears that anger at Israel might now lead members of the assembly to discount her story and, instead, side with Khan.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The five elements still exempt from China’s controls are largely light rare earths, which are more abundant, easier to mine and refine, and less strategically constrained than their heavier counterparts.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Produced by the slow decay of radioactive particles, which is a natural process that occurs in all rocks, geothermal energy was long considered too expensive and geographically constrained to compete with other renewables.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Last season, the team managed 27 total first-quarter points across the entire 17-game campaign, shut out in the first quarter 12 times.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The Crusaders have shut out their last two opponents, beating Helix 13-0 and Chula Vista 27-0.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Disfranchised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disfranchised. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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