A library run by a volunteer group in New Delhi’s largest slum resettlement colony is helping underprivileged teenagers become writers.
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Underprivileged
Synonyms for "underprivileged" (108 found)
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Related words (54)
needyominouson reliefordinaryout at elbowsout of luckoutcastspauperizedplanet-struckpoorpoverty strickenpoverty subculturepoverty-strickensadsecond ranksecond stringsecondaryservileshort of luckslum-dwellers
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star crossedstar-crossedstarvelingstrippedsubsubalternsubjectsubordinatesubservientthe disadvantagedthe dispossessedthe distressedthe down-and-outthe forgotten manthe have-notsthe needythe other americathe poorthe powerlessthe underprivilegedthe urban poorthird rankthird stringtoughunblessedunderclassunderdeveloped nationunfortunateunhappyunluckyunprosperousunprovidentialvulgarwelfare rolls
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16 translations across 7 languages.
Danish
1 entries- underprivilegeret adj (deprived of opportunities and advantages)
Finnish
2 entries- vähäosainen adj (deprived of opportunities and advantages)
- vähäosainen noun (deprived people)
French
1 entries- défavorisé adj (deprived of opportunities and advantages)
German
4 entries- benachteiligt adj (deprived of opportunities and advantages)
- unterprivilegiert adj (deprived of opportunities and advantages)
- Benachteiligte noun (deprived people)
- Benachteiligter noun (deprived people)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- underprivilegert adj (deprived of opportunities and advantages)
- de underprivilegerte noun (deprived people)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- underprivilegert adj (deprived of opportunities and advantages)
- dei underprivilegerte noun (deprived people)
Spanish
2 entries- desamparado noun (deprived people)
- desfavorecido noun (deprived people)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The underprivileged beggar was not eligible for financial aid.
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A major U.S. electronic retailer says it wants to help immigrant and underprivileged teens gain the technology skills they'll need for the job market.
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Wherever there has been censorship, the first people to suffer from it are underprivileged minorities.
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