Underprivileged

Word UNDERPRIVILEGED
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Definitions and meanings of "Underprivileged"

What do we mean by underprivileged?

Lacking the standard of living and opportunities enjoyed by most people in a society. adjective

Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of other members of one's community. adjective

A deprived person; deprived people. noun

Lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society adjective

A deprived person; deprived people (normally used as a plural).

People who have no-one. Also, people who devoid of base social rights. Urban Dictionary

The new political definition for handicapped. as handicapped and retarded now sound hand in hand. “mentally unprivileged” can be used, or “mentally disadvantaged” as well. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Underprivileged

The word "underprivileged" in example sentences

To say someone is underprivileged suggests that there are privileges to which everyone is entitled, and I think you can see the term underprivileged gradually leading to the sense of entitlement that we have today. ❋ Unknown (1998)

MR. RANDALL: Every phase of the service to the underprivileged is a phase of business obligation. ❋ Unknown (1953)

The group's stated hope is that their movement will spread to cities nationwide and alert America to the fact that the "thin-cats" as they are calling the underprivileged need to be given a serious wake-up call. ❋ James Napoli (2011)

SHAWCO is a student run organisation at UCT that does outstanding work in underprivileged communities throughout Cape Town. ❋ HayleyM (2009)

“DirectBuy’s contribution will eventually help hundreds of students in underprivileged schools.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Proponents of educational choice tend to focus on the underprivileged, which is understandable given that low-income kids are overrepresented in failing inner-city public schools. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He talks about the difficulty he was having fitting in because he looked black but had a white mother and was not raised underprivileged, which is exactly why he kept choosing radical friends, to prove his authenticity with those he was trying to impress. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A picture of two men whose political cares are for the blacks and "underprivileged". ❋ Unknown (2009)

I am not denying that there are a lot of people out there with financial problems, I was denying that they are "underprivileged". ❋ Unknown (2009)

We don't have an "underprivileged" underclass because there is no such thing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My advice to any and all of our "underprivileged" population is to grow up there. ❋ Ian Squires (2011)

By the United States Constitution (oh wait, my bad, I forgot that you don't believe in it), Americans are entitled to success, they are entitled to equal opportunity to succeed - which your "underprivileged" underclass could do, if only they would lose the entitlement mentality and get off of welfare and get into the workforce and actually WORK for a living instead relying on government handouts! ❋ Unknown (2009)

They tend to have [negative] [attitudes] towards [poor people], underprivileged groups, and minorities. ❋ Brkp (2017)

“This [mentally underprivileged] person might be an example,” said new reporter tom [pawtucket]. “[revoked] intuition being a living hell, and uncordination a fucking deathwalk.” “ back to you Ron.” ❋ Dud Dudlee (2023)

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