UNAFFLUENT Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

unaffluent

adjective

Definition of unaffluent

as in deprived

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Adjective

Experts also found that most patients were female and came from deprived areas.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2026
On the back of a million-pound investment in 2012, the community has organized to restore life to a deprived area hit hard by austerity.

— Kyle Vanelli, STAT, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of deprived

Adjective

The rankings considered four factors which comprised the districts’ student racial diversity index, parent/student surveys on culture and diversity, the percent of economically disadvantaged students and gender diversity.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
His hopes for The Situation is to better the experience of other disadvantaged creatives climbing the ranks today.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of disadvantaged

Adjective

Lofgren commended Wahab for championing foster youth and others who are underprivileged and vulnerable.

— Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026
While in the city, Diana met AIDS patients at a hospital in Harlem, went to the famous toy store FAO Schwarz, visited with underprivileged children, and attended a gala dinner.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 21 July 2026

Definition of underprivileged

Adjective

Traumatized into silence, the de facto orphan stays living with the kindly but guilt-ridden, grieving and impecunious Hiroshi.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 12 June 2026
Since then, it has been performed across much of the world, being ideally suited to these impecunious times and very masterfully written.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of impecunious

Adjective

The elephants would provide meat for needy rural communities, authorities said Friday in defense of the move.

— Sello Motseta, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
The duo, fundraising co-chairs on the Class of 2029 Council, distributed 100 quarts of soup to needy classmates last week, gifted to them by local restaurant Souper Jenny.

— Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of needy

Adjective

Three gunmen barged into a small house in an impoverished neighborhood in South Africa and opened fire on a group enjoying a party inside, killing at least 11 people including a pregnant woman, police and local authorities said Wednesday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
In 1693, Antoine Theroux, an impoverished 18-year-old boatman, was recruited to defend New France, as Canada was then known, against the Indigenous tribes and the British for King Louis XIV.

— Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of impoverished

Adjective

Conover keeps his readers waiting for too long, almost half the book, before saying anything about how the San Luis Valley came to be a magnet for the dispossessed.

— Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
Three days after his 10th birthday, his father, a depressed junkman, killed himself, and the experience of misfortune fueled the young artist’s identification with the dispossessed.

— Peter Saenger, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022

Definition of dispossessed

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