underprivileged
underprivileged · more underprivileged · most underprivileged
benachteiligt, unterprivilegiert
Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others, usually through no fault of…Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others, usually through no fault of one's own.
US/ˈʌndɚpɹˈɪvlədʒd/
» The underprivileged beggar was not eligible for financial aid.
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1 sensesDeprived of the opportunities and advantages of others, usually through no fault of one's own.
unterprivilegiert, benachteiligt
More definitions
- lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society
Examples
3 sentencesThe underprivileged beggar was not eligible for financial aid.
Wherever there has been censorship, the first people to suffer from it are underprivileged minorities.
A library run by a volunteer group in New Delhi’s largest slum resettlement colony is helping underprivileged teenagers become writers.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
deprived of opportunities and advantages:
Forms
more underprivileged, most underprivileged| Comparative | more underprivileged Lesson |
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| Superlative | most underprivileged Lesson |
regular
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsRelateddisenfranchised
Derivedunderprivilegedness
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form