underprivileged

[ uhn-der-priv-uh-lijd, -priv-lijd ]

/ ˈʌn dərˈprɪv ə lɪdʒd, -ˈprɪv lɪdʒd /

denied the enjoyment of the normal privileges or rights of a society because of low economic and social status.

Origin of underprivileged

First recorded in 1920–25; under- + privileged

disadvantaged, deprived.

I saw personally, firsthand, what drug use and drug abuse is doing to an underprivileged population.

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But the first time I remember was at Sussex Camp for Underprivileged Jewish Children.

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Collecting donations for the underprivileged chimpanzees of the Congo.

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In 2008 he worked as a camp counselor for underprivileged children during the summer.

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And he went door-to-door with his mother in underprivileged neighborhoods for his father's election bid this spring.

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There was the day he went upstate on an outing for underprivileged boys and went fishing for the first time.

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It was exactly as you have described it, a group of underprivileged children.

Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Do you recall that in 1949 you were a leader and counselor to underprivileged children, a children's club group in Columbus, Ohio?

Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The rude forefathers are not primarily presented as underprivileged.

An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript |Thomas Gray
I never met the Baron, but I want the public to know what great work he did for an underprivileged group.

David Lannarck, Midget |George S. Harney

underprivileged

/ (ˌʌndəˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd) /

lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society; deprived