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unpropertied

unpropertied

7.2
Not owning land or other valuable things
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈprɒpərtɪd/
translation icon : sin propiedades
  • Many unpropertied families struggle to afford basic necessities due to their lack of assets.

Examples

  • The charity aims to help unpropertied individuals find stable housing and employment.

  • The revolutionary leadership in the Congress and the state assemblies reached well past the freeholders and tradesmen into the lower social strata of the unpropertied and untaxed to field a new national army.

    Academic text (2000)

  • In wealthy neighborhoods, the concerns of the unpropertied often go unheard.

Synonyms

landless
vsunpropertied
2 4.9

A person who does not own any land

refers more widely to land plus other significant assets or holdings
propertyless
vsunpropertied
1 8.4

Not having a home, money, or other things of value

includes land and also significant assets beyond simple possessions
unwealthy
vsunpropertied
3.7

Not having much money or valuable things

emphasizes lack of legally owned land and larger assets instead

Antonyms

propertied
  • Formal
1 7.4

Having land or other valuable things that give a person income

How Wealthy

wealthy
520 2.5
rich
∞ 1.0
poor
∞ 1.0
unpropertied
7.2
destitute
20 6.5

Surface Forms

unpropertied positive

Morphology

unpropertied = propertied (transparent) = un + property + ed

Formed by prefixing 'un-' to the adjective 'propertied' (property + -ed); the negated meaning 'not owning property' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Unpropertied is made of un- and property, where un- means 'not' and property means 'things you own'. So unpropertied describes a person or household that does not own land or other valuable things.