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Recent Examples of unprivileged
The pivotal addition to the the state Civil Code reads:
Existing law provides that libel is a false and unprivileged written publication that injures the reputation and that slander is a false and unprivileged publication, orally uttered, that injures the reputation, as specified.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
The researchers demonstrate how an unprivileged remote attacker can then recover secrets stored in Gmail, Amazon, and Reddit when the target is authenticated.
—Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2025
Most of the vulnerabilities outlined in this new Nvidia security advisory would appear to be in the user layer mode of the GPU display driver, and successful exploitation would allow an unprivileged attacker to cause what’s known as an out-of-bounds read leading to the impacts already mentioned.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
It’s folks who are unprivileged who will be forced to resort to unsafe methods of avoiding pregnancy or terminating pregnancy.
—Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 1 July 2022
Judge David Carter of the District Court for the Central District of California ordered Eastman to begin reviewing at least 1,500 pages per business day starting on Friday, and immediately transfer any unprivileged documents to the committee.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 28 Jan. 2022
Who is really the fraud, the empty-headed playboy who gets by on connections and unearned income, or the unprivileged striver?
—Megan O’Grady, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
The researchers demonstrate how an unprivileged remote attacker can then recover secrets stored in Gmail, Amazon, and Reddit when the target is authenticated.
—Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2025
Most of the vulnerabilities outlined in this new Nvidia security advisory would appear to be in the user layer mode of the GPU display driver, and successful exploitation would allow an unprivileged attacker to cause what’s known as an out-of-bounds read leading to the impacts already mentioned.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
It’s folks who are unprivileged who will be forced to resort to unsafe methods of avoiding pregnancy or terminating pregnancy.
—Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 1 July 2022
Judge David Carter of the District Court for the Central District of California ordered Eastman to begin reviewing at least 1,500 pages per business day starting on Friday, and immediately transfer any unprivileged documents to the committee.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 28 Jan. 2022
Who is really the fraud, the empty-headed playboy who gets by on connections and unearned income, or the unprivileged striver?
—Megan O’Grady, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprivileged
Adjective
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The slogans are simple, intimate, needy, and impossible to avoid.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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The company promoted itself as a way for financially needy students to obtain more aid faster, in return for a few hundred dollars in fees.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That money will go towards the hiring of two deputy county attorneys and two paralegals for the prosecutor's office as well as paying for Nester and her team due to Robinson being declared indigent by the court.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Judge Graf ruled that Robinson is indigent and appointed legal counsel to represent him.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Michal Ruprecht,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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But the Shah’s failure to provide support to the peasants led to their farms failing, and sent waves of impoverished migrants to Tehran and other Iranian cities—many of whom would later fuel the 1979 revolution.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Her existence in the vibrant capital city of Sepphoris brings into questions some of our traditional assumptions of Mary as an impoverished illiterate from a backwater rural village with no exposure to Greco-Roman culture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Many of those communities are at the intersection of Milwaukee's most economically disadvantaged neighborhoods, according to Census Bureau data.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The episode and accompanying fashion show were in support of Kelce’s charity, 87 and Running, which empowers disadvantaged youth by providing resources and support to their communities in the areas of education, business, athletics, STEM, and the arts.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Lillian Feldman was born to impecunious Jewish emigres in Cincinnati on July 13, 1927, the twelfth of thirteen children who were encouraged by their mother to draw on the walls.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
17 Oct. 2024
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Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer, Eddie.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
18 Nov. 2021
Adjective
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Christophe’s son died penniless and alone on the streets of Paris in October 1805 at the age of only eleven.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Her ex-husband wiped out several bank accounts and disappeared, leaving her and their children practically penniless.—
Essence,
Essence,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And when the fire kind of dies out, the excitement dies down, and people are still left pretty destitute and trying to figure out how to rebuild their homes.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Though the score was 17-6 while heading into the fourth quarter, everything looked quite destitute for Minnesota.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Unprivileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprivileged. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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