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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
The vulnerability lets an unprivileged user overwrite data that is supposed to be read-only, which can lead to additional privilege escalation.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 3 May 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
However, modern processors come with a power meter built-in and allow unprivileged users to read out its measurements from software.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 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
The vulnerability lets an unprivileged user overwrite data that is supposed to be read-only, which can lead to additional privilege escalation.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 3 May 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
However, modern processors come with a power meter built-in and allow unprivileged users to read out its measurements from software.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprivileged
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An 83-year-old former pastor and food bank director has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for charitable theft and patronizing prostitution after being found guilty July 31 of misusing donations meant to serve needy residents.—
Katie Nixon,
The Tennessean,
5 Aug. 2025
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But, if people come to believe or experience that the country’s poor, needy, disabled or elderly are worse off because safety-net programs were sacrificed to fund tax cuts for the upper class, will the tax cuts matter?—
Terina Allen,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Delaney is one of the primary faces of the movement of bar advocates, who represent some 80% of indigent criminal defendants, or those who cannot afford an attorney, to stop taking on new cases in a push for a raise in their pay.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
31 July 2025
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Stapp has been appointed a public defender after successfully filing for indigent status, but her new attorney did not respond to a request for comment.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
16 July 2025
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Uniqlo is taking on a bigger presence in India, this time with a job vocational training center to empower underprivileged youth.—
Vicki M. Young,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Mar. 2025
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Gilbert will oversee Perfect Game’s Believe in Baseball Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization designed to provide resources and support to underprivileged children who want to participate in local travel baseball programs.—
Wayne G. McDonnell,
Forbes.com,
21 July 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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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
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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Anderson, looking every inch a Pre-Raphaelite muse, plays the penniless, unmarried, and — worst of all — conspicuous socialite Lily Bart.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
11 Aug. 2025
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The book, based entirely on a true story according to its writer, detailed the pair’s penniless trek camping along the British coast.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
7 July 2025
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When Theodore Hook’s destitute daughter neared death in 1893, a friend doxxed her, sharing her address with the world in the hope that donations would trickle in and ease her final days.—
Daniel Seifert,
JSTOR Daily,
16 July 2025
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The rising middle-class population change is expected to account for over 75% of expenditure growth, opening new market opportunities and lifting millions out of poverty, decreasing the percentage of destitute households from 15% today to just 6% by 2031.—
Sarwant Singh,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“Unprivileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprivileged. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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