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Definition of "underprivileged" []

  • Lacking opportunities or advantages enjoyed by other members of one's community; deprived. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "underprivileged" in a sentence
  • "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."
  • "MR. RANDALL: Every phase of the service to the underprivileged is a phase of business obligation."
  • "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."