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" (121 found)
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Strong matches (36)
ghetto-dwellersghettoizedhandicappedhaplesshumbleill offill-fatedill-offill-starredimpoverishedin adverse circumstancesin needin ragsin the shadein wantinauspiciousindigentinferiorinfra digjunior
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (60)
on reliefordinaryout at elbowsout of luckoutcastspauperizedplanet-struckpoorpoverty strickenpoverty subculturepoverty-strickensadsecond ranksecond stringsecondaryservileshort of luckslum-dwellersstar crossedstar-crossed
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starvelingstrippedsubsubalternsubjectsubordinatesubservientthe disadvantagedthe dispossessedthe distressedthe down-and-outthe forgotten manthe have-notsthe needythe other americathe poorthe powerlessthe underprivilegedthe urban poorthird rankthird stringtoughunblessedunderdeveloped nationunfortunateunhappyunluckyunprosperousunprovidentialvulgarwelfare rolls
Adjective(8 words)
Verb(1 words)
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9 entriesdemographic groupeconomic attributepeoplepolicy categorypopulationpopulation segmentsocial groupsocioeconomic descriptorsocioeconomic group
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11 entriesbeneficiariesdisadvantaged populationseconomically disadvantaged youthlow income familieslow income grouplow income householdsthe economically disadvantagedthe needythe poorurban underprivilegedwelfare recipients
Collocations
8 entriesthe underprivilegedunderprivileged backgroundunderprivileged childrenunderprivileged communitiesunderprivileged familiesunderprivileged groupsunderprivileged studentsunderprivileged youth
Inflections
2 entriesmore underprivilegedmost underprivileged
Antonyms
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5 entriesSample 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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