unaffluent

adjective

Definition of unaffluentnext
as in deprived

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaffluent
  1. deprived
  2. disadvantaged
  3. underprivileged
  4. impecunious
  5. poor
  6. needy
  7. impoverished
  8. dispossessed
Adjective
  • Yet the contrast is sharp between how AI is used in the experimental school—nestled within an abundance of human attention—and how it is used in more deprived circumstances.
    Allison Pugh, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2024
  • This indicated that the animals were experiencing some internal signals of their deprived state, and potentially craved salt as a way to boost their blood volume without diluting ion levels.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of deprived
Adjective
  • The network places emphasis on empowering students of color, along with students who are economically disadvantaged or have limited English proficiency.
    Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The report from the National Council on Teacher Quality found that 43 percent of Texas' teacher workforce was composed of people from historically disadvantaged groups in 2022.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of disadvantaged
Adjective
  • He was elected to Congress in 1948, gaining acclaim for his promise to provide underprivileged children a free trip to Washington, D.C. to see Congress in action—at his own expense.
    Paul Glenshaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2024
  • The program aims to teach leadership skills to kids through caddying, and 50 Evans Scholars — a full-tuition and housing scholarship for underprivileged, high-achieving caddies — have come out of the program.
    Max Scheinblum, The Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of underprivileged
Adjective
  • Even the Kremlin’s own human rights council had denounced the charges as unwarranted, adding its voice to a chorus of support for Prokopyeva in what became a battle of wills between an impecunious local reporter and Russia’s powerful security apparatus.
    Andrew Higgins, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2020
  • His half-Danish father, Prince Andrew, second in line to the Greek throne, was sentenced to death after the army was defeated in Smyrna by the Turks, saved only by the intervention of George V. In 1930, after eight years of impecunious exile in Paris, the family dispersed.
    Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2020
Definition of impecunious
Adjective
  • His role comes a year after a poor performance in his Madison Square Garden debut just eight games into his NBA career: 14 points on 4-of-14 shooting to go along with nine rebounds and a block.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Visibility was poor because of the long shadows of winter morning.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of poor
Adjective
  • As more poor children and needy families sign up, block grants will force states to increase their own spending on Medicaid or restrict who gets it.
    Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Taneytown Police Department collected food items for holiday meals for 30 needy families as well as food and hygiene items for Trinity Lutheran Church Food Pantry Sunday at Kennie’s Market.
    Jeffrey F. Bill, Baltimore Sun, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of needy
Adjective
  • Several factors skew those amounts up and down by district, with districts that have a higher rate of property tax revenue receiving less from the state, while those with higher rates rates of impoverished, disabled or homeless students receive more.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Its citizens are malnourished and impoverished; more refugees have left Venezuela than Syria or Ukraine.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of impoverished
Adjective
  • The remnants reflected the lives of dispossessed and displaced people.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 19 May 2022
  • Conover keeps his readers waiting for too long, almost half the book, before saying anything about how the San Luis Valley came to be a magnet for the dispossessed.
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
Definition of dispossessed
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Thesaurus Entries Near unaffluent

unaffiliated

unaffluent

unaffordable

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