as in deprived
kept from having the necessities of life or a healthful environment
an organization that distributes free books to underprivileged children
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Recent Examples of underprivileged
Beyond his screen work, Chakraborty has been involved in charitable initiatives focused on education, healthcare and supporting underprivileged communities.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
Cutting funding could limit access to these enriching experiences, especially for underprivileged communities that rely on public funding to participate in the arts.
—Jim Brenner, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2024
Key spoke at the beach with kids from Save Our Youth — an organization dedicated to helping underprivileged kids in the area.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
More than any of the wide-ranging jobs Miranda has taken on in the past five years, The Warriors, a classic yarn about underprivileged New Yorkers weathering an arduous power struggle, is catnip for the 44-year-old Pulitzer Prize–winning polymath.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
Cutting funding could limit access to these enriching experiences, especially for underprivileged communities that rely on public funding to participate in the arts.
—Jim Brenner, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2024
Key spoke at the beach with kids from Save Our Youth — an organization dedicated to helping underprivileged kids in the area.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
More than any of the wide-ranging jobs Miranda has taken on in the past five years, The Warriors, a classic yarn about underprivileged New Yorkers weathering an arduous power struggle, is catnip for the 44-year-old Pulitzer Prize–winning polymath.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underprivileged
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Its citizens are malnourished and impoverished; more refugees have left Venezuela than Syria or Ukraine.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
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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
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Visibility was poor because of the long shadows of winter morning.James Parker, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Starting with him all depressed, doing a team-up, switching sides, going through this whole emotional journey with his grandfather, and everything that that entails as well.Josh Weiss, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Half of Wisconsin high schoolers reported feeling anxious, a third depressed and a fifth self-harming, according to the Youth Risk Behavior Survey in 2021, Antigo, a town of about 8,000 and the county seat of Langlade County, is no different.Rebecca Loroff, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Underprivileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underprivileged. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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