as in deprived
kept from having the necessities of life or a healthful environment
an organization that distributes free books to underprivileged children
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Recent Examples of underprivileged
That child turned into a Guinea worm warrior, now turned into a philanthropist and an activist amongst his people, who is teaching underprivileged communities in South Sudan and building schools.
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Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
At the United Nations, Damilola Ogunbiyi leads efforts to advance an equitable energy transition that benefits underprivileged communities in the Global South.
—Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Code Avengers runs the Digital Navigators program, which provides in-person workshops for underprivileged children around the globe.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
What To Know New Mexico ranked as the state with the most underprivileged children in WalletHub's 2025 report.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
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Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
At the United Nations, Damilola Ogunbiyi leads efforts to advance an equitable energy transition that benefits underprivileged communities in the Global South.
—Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Code Avengers runs the Digital Navigators program, which provides in-person workshops for underprivileged children around the globe.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
What To Know New Mexico ranked as the state with the most underprivileged children in WalletHub's 2025 report.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underprivileged
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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
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After lawmakers in Germany determined that anonymous surrenders deprived children of the chance to learn anything about their parentage, Germany passed a confidential-birth law in 2014.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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The district is also looking at ways to close achievement gaps for Latino students, English Learners, students with disabilities and socioeconomically disadvantaged students.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Salesforce Foundation, which had roughly $400 million in assets by the end of 2023, aims to help disadvantaged students, mainly by trying to improve tech literacy and college preparation.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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The United Nations predicts the cost of reconstruction in the impoverished territory is a staggering $70 billion.—
NPR,
NPR,
16 Oct. 2025
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Set within the League of Legends universe, the Netflix series follows sisters Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) and Jinx (Ella Purnell), who find themselves on opposite sides of a brewing war between the impoverished undercity of Zaun and the futuristic, wealthy city of Piltover.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
15 Oct. 2025
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Porter has been a lead creator before, but that was on cellar-dwelling Houston Rockets squads that became a breeding ground for poor habits.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Young people want better governance and are fed up with suffering from poor services and economies while their leaders get rich around them and inequality grows.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Twin Cities,
16 Oct. 2025
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Matthiessen was born in 1927 to a pair of well-off, chronically depressed New Yorkers, people who were more likely to pour a stiff drink or take to their beds than to talk openly about their feelings.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Roberts plays an unhappy American in Venice who is wooed by depressed, divorced, and done-with-love Allen in a variety of vaguely dishonest ways.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Underprivileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underprivileged. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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