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
This can’t happen if our institutions remain focused on increasing access among privileged youth and simultaneously continue underinvesting in our nation’s underprivileged youth.
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Jerel Ezell, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
Alchemist Community Development Corporation has won a $100,000 grant to fund free field trips for children from underprivileged schools to the Thursday Florin Farmers Market.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Oscar, meanwhile, his idealism reawakened, sees an opportunity for an underprivileged kid with raw talent to escape her meager existence.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Rizzs and Henderson, the former outfielder, founded a charity in 1995 that has provided new toys at the holidays for 360,000 underprivileged children in the Pacific Northwest.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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Jerel Ezell, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
Alchemist Community Development Corporation has won a $100,000 grant to fund free field trips for children from underprivileged schools to the Thursday Florin Farmers Market.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Oscar, meanwhile, his idealism reawakened, sees an opportunity for an underprivileged kid with raw talent to escape her meager existence.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Rizzs and Henderson, the former outfielder, founded a charity in 1995 that has provided new toys at the holidays for 360,000 underprivileged children in the Pacific Northwest.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underprivileged
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The advisory highlighted other barriers to rolling out Community Notes outside the US, including translation issues or how many countries will still lack full internet connectivity in rural or deprived areas, which could lead to biased notes.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
28 Mar. 2026
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Cardiac arrest leads to collapse within seconds, whereas a heart attack typically causes progressive damage as the deprived heart tissue begins to die.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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After nearly a decade in service, the nonprofit has grown to serve 250,000 meals a month — 3 million meals a year — to more than 100 child care centers in disadvantaged communities throughout the Philadelphia region.—
Mike Spatocco,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Admitting underprepared students, especially those already disadvantaged, harms them.—
David Blobaum,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-skinned developing world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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The youngsters took the train south to the deep, impoverished heart of China.—
Michael Sheridan,
Vanity Fair,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Arsenal were pretty poor but won, Sporting were pretty good but lost.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Ackman blamed its poor share price performance partly on the delay of UMG’s listing in the United States.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
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Single bunnies can be lonely and depressed.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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There was also research, which Meta eventually halted, implying that people who curbed their use of Facebook became less depressed and anxious.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Underprivileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underprivileged. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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