unprivileged
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd/
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- The charity focuses on providing education and support to the unprivileged in our community.
Examples
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In fact, you're doing something that I am not in a position to do, namely, offering insight into the issues faced by unprivileged groups, which I cannot count myself a part of.
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We have to help the unprivileged make their way in this dark, cruel world...
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Its teaching, at first, seems to be to face up to the cold facts about our unprivileged situation.
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But this seems to miss that in favor of the idea that no unprivileged people can get rich, which simply isn't true.
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I guess I thought I'd get new, unprivileged insights into discrimination and social strata or something.
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I like your argument that it's possible to simultaneously acknowledge that facing your own privilege and having it taken away is uncomfortable, but being the unprivileged part of that equation is far, far worse.
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Another toxic effect of privilege is to systematically devalue the opinions, effort, and speech of the unprivileged.
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I'm not the most enlightened person in the world, but I've always assumed that when I failed to understand privilege, it was a failing of my understanding and not the failing of the unprivileged.
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Those people who are relatively unprivileged in any interaction have valid viewpoints and worthwhile ideas, and if they see themselves as marginalized, they stop trusting "the system" because it's stacked against them.
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In a society where resources are scarce, the unprivileged often struggle to meet their basic needs.
Synonyms
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3.3
People who have little money or few chances
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People who do not have enough money, support, or chances to do well
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4.7
Someone treated as less important and given fewer rights or benefits
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4.4
People who have less money, chances, or help than others
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4.8
Not getting enough help with health or school
Not having extra rights or advantages compared to others
Not having the right to something
Someone the law and other people do not protect
Antonyms
How Privileged
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∞
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Surface Forms
Morphology
unprivileged = privileged (transparent) = un + privilege + d
The adjective is formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to the familiar adjective 'privileged', yielding a straightforward negation.
Etymology
The word unprivileged is made from un- 'not' and privilege, which means a 'special right' or advantage and is related to the word private. So an unprivileged person or group is someone who does not have those extra rights or advantages.