as in deprived
kept from having the necessities of life or a healthful environment
an organization that distributes free books to underprivileged children
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Recent Examples of underprivileged
There is tremendous focus on breaking the cycle of violence that underprivileged boys experience.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
This can’t happen if our institutions remain focused on increasing access among privileged youth and simultaneously continue underinvesting in our nation’s underprivileged youth.
—Jerel Ezell, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
Alchemist Community Development Corporation has won a $100,000 grant to fund free field trips for children from underprivileged schools to the Thursday Florin Farmers Market.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Oscar, meanwhile, his idealism reawakened, sees an opportunity for an underprivileged kid with raw talent to escape her meager existence.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for underprivileged
Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
This can’t happen if our institutions remain focused on increasing access among privileged youth and simultaneously continue underinvesting in our nation’s underprivileged youth.
—Jerel Ezell, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
Alchemist Community Development Corporation has won a $100,000 grant to fund free field trips for children from underprivileged schools to the Thursday Florin Farmers Market.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Oscar, meanwhile, his idealism reawakened, sees an opportunity for an underprivileged kid with raw talent to escape her meager existence.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for underprivileged
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underprivileged
Adjective
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The advisory highlighted other barriers to rolling out Community Notes outside the US, including translation issues or how many countries will still lack full internet connectivity in rural or deprived areas, which could lead to biased notes.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
28 Mar. 2026
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The result has silenced journalists and editors and deprived listeners, viewers and readers from around the world who rely on VOA of news.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Yet certain charter schools rejected staffers’ demands and kept their focus on academic excellence, continuing to report exceptional results for disadvantaged students, even through the pandemic.—
Steven F. Wilson,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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What actually followed for me and my younger sister Marianne was six years at a boarding school for disadvantaged kids.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Democrats have attacked these anti-fraud policies as an effort to undermine safety net programs for the impoverished.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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The redevelopment could begin unfolding as the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation, the former Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, begins construction on a new $35 million headquarters in Clay Arsenal, two major projects for the long-impoverished neighborhood.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Injuries to key players on the Amazin’s contributed to some poor numbers as well.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Although poor students are disproportionately likely to receive special education in New York City, well-off disabled kids are the ones most acutely driving up the budget.—
Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Researchers believe inbreeding led to depressed survival rates in pups.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Sam is very depressed and feels lonely and isolated.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Underprivileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underprivileged. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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