DEPRIVED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deprived mean? 

• DEPRIVED (adjective)
  The adjective DEPRIVED has 1 sense:

1. marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences

  Familiarity information: DEPRIVED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPRIVED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences

Synonyms:

deprived; disadvantaged

Context example:

boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law

Similar:

underprivileged (lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society)

 Context examples 

Two days passed in this manner before he was able to speak, and I often feared that his sufferings had deprived him of understanding.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Grant's gouty symptoms and Mrs. Grant's morning calls, it was very hard upon her to be deprived of one of the last epistolary uses she could put them to.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The biologists looked at the genes in root tip cells to understand whether and how the genes were activated when covered with water and deprived of oxygen.

(Grains in the rain, National Science Foundation)

Through this study, researchers wanted to know if living in a deprived area can also influence the mental health of men and women – even after accounting for personal circumstances.

(Depression - men far more at risk than women in deprived areas, University of Cambridge)

The standard treatment for newborns whose brains were deprived of oxygen appears to work better than proposed alternatives, according to a new study.

(Longer cooling, lower temperature no improvement for infant oxygen deprivation, NIH)

His imprudence had made her miserable for a while; but it seemed to have deprived himself of all chance of ever being otherwise.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

This was repeated when they were exercising and when they were deprived of sleep.

(Poor Sleep, Lack of Exercise Increase Risk of Nut Allergy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

You have deprived the best years of his life of that independence which was no less his due than his desert.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Ischemic brain damage in which the entire brain is deprived of oxygen.

(Hypoxic Encephalopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

But when sleep-deprived, they consumed more and unhealthier snacks in between meals.

(Molecular ties between lack of sleep and weight gain, NIH)