deprived
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3.9
- adjective
- /dɪˈpraɪvd/
:
desfavorecido
- Many families in the community are deprived of basic necessities like food and clean water.
- economically deprived
- socially deprived
- culturally deprived
I've spent years in more socially deprived areas and I.
- I've spent years in more socially deprived areas and I.
- People who grew up in deprived backgrounds that affluent people don't understand?
- But there are outcomes of children that are father deprived.
- And it instead breeds anaerobic, which is oxygen deprived bacteria.
- They're as deprived as a Holocaust victim, as he so put it.
Examples
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I grew up in a developing country where we were deprived of many things.
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We may not know how to name it, but we are no less deprived, impoverished, and hungry.
Academic text (1995) -
No doubt your deprived childhood made you into the man you are today.
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What do I owe to my family, to myself, to the deprived children of the world?
Fiction book (1994) -
Jack had been terribly deprived for years before my coming on the scene.
Fiction book (1996) -
On the other hand, adult farm migrants were a deprived group of migrants without any rights
Academic text (1992) -
But the Lovejoy girls rarely felt deprived because they had found each other to be the best possible company.
Fiction book (1993) -
People who grew up in deprived backgrounds that affluent people don't understand?
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The real tragedy is that producers and consumers in our society are equally deprived of rights, freedoms, autonomy, and responsibility.
Academic text (1991) -
The Lebanese political system was paralyzed before the increasing demands of the deprived, the politically marginalized, and advocates of reform.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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6.2
People or places that have very little money and few things they need
43
1.5
Without enough food, clothes, or a home and often gets help from others
34
3.7
People who do not have enough money, support, or chances to do well
24
4.4
People who have less money, chances, or help than others
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8.7
Very poor and without enough money for basic needs
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6.5
Very poor and without basic things like food or a home
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4.8
Not getting enough help with health or school
9
5.1
Very poor and needing help to live
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7.7
Poor and without a home or money
3
7.9
Very poor and without money, a job, or a home
1
7.6
Having almost no money
Poor and without enough food, money or shelter
Having very few natural things like water or minerals
Having almost no money or things
Antonyms
How Deprived
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word deprived comes from the parts de- meaning 'away' and priv- meaning 'to take away', and it is related to the familiar word private. So to be deprived today is to have important things like food, shelter, or help 'taken away', leaving someone without what they need.