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Underprivileged

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others, usually through no fault of one's own.

    "Underprivileged, grew up in a Stapleton house village / Where blood flood the water in streets like oil spillage"

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A deprived person; deprived people (normally used as a plural).

    "Since that time, both Catholicism and the Protestant denominations have seen an enormous outpouring of caritative agencies. Nuns and monks made teaching and care for the underprivileged a central part of their vocation; devout men and women have founded and devoted their lives to institutions as far removed as Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity and the Salvation Army."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From under- + privileged.

Etymology 2

From under- + privileged.

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