disinherited

verb

past tense of disinherit
as in deprived

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  1. deprived
  2. bereaved
  3. stripped
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  • Those rules deprived the United States of additional nuclear capacity that could have produced large amounts of low cost, emission-free electricity.
    — Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 13 July 2026
  • Trump has deprived us of the particular luxury of hindsight for more than a decade now.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Definition of deprived
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  • That is why there used to be secluded mourning periods for the bereaved.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
  • The bishop longs for those who are bereaved or suffering to feel a sense of God’s love there.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of bereaved
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  • In a 2021 court filing, David Brouillette was stripped of his firearms temporarily.
    — Alina Hartounian, NPR, 17 July 2026
  • The report then stripped out liabilities, which includes mortgage debt, of $5 trillion and subtracted the wealth of the top 1%, estimated at $28 trillion.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 17 July 2026
Definition of stripped
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