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
Beyond helping the environment, 5% of company profits go toward empowering children and women in underprivileged communities.
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Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Masterson’s work was honored four times by the Robert F. Kennedy Awards for columns and stories about the problems of the disadvantaged and underprivileged.
—Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 18 May 2025
Through this program, the chapter provides uniforms, hygiene kits, shoes, jackets and backpacks to underprivileged kids in Anaheim.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2025
The stories of kids who came from underprivileged backgrounds like him touch him deeply.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Masterson’s work was honored four times by the Robert F. Kennedy Awards for columns and stories about the problems of the disadvantaged and underprivileged.
—Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 18 May 2025
Through this program, the chapter provides uniforms, hygiene kits, shoes, jackets and backpacks to underprivileged kids in Anaheim.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2025
The stories of kids who came from underprivileged backgrounds like him touch him deeply.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underprivileged
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Recruits typically come from deprived areas, and as Russia’s economy disintegrates in slow motion, the bonanza offered by the army looks increasingly appealing.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Their comeback may help regenerate deprived economic regions like Italy's Abruzzo.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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More than 90% of students were considered to be economically disadvantaged.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Aug. 2025
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Priority will be given to locations in tribal areas and disadvantaged and low-income communities.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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Having two of the three most impoverished cities, especially when those cities are experiencing booming population growth, is its own kind of economic miracle, if an ignominious one.—
Kathryn Anne Edwards,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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The eye-popping dollar figures in the statements contrast with everything else happening on an impoverished island, where people spend much of their time without electricity and many still depend on meager food rations to survive.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Additionally, over-saturating with water is a poor choice for these floors.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
16 Aug. 2025
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This implies a poor Debt-to-Equity Ratio of 52.5% (vs. 19.4% for S&P 500).—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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That view shifted Wednesday, with our double upgrade back to our buy-equivalent 1 rating after CEO David Ricks and several other company insiders bought lots of shares of the depressed stock.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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Once rich and chubby and depressed, Johnson is now, at forty-seven, rich and ripped and determined to live forever.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Underprivileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underprivileged. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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