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UNDERPRIVILEGED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does underprivileged mean?
• UNDERPRIVILEGED (adjective)
The adjective UNDERPRIVILEGED has 1 sense:
1. lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society
Familiarity information: UNDERPRIVILEGED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society
Similar:
deprived; disadvantaged (marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences)
underclass (belonging to the lowest and least privileged social stratum)
Also:
unfortunate (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune)
poor (having little money or few possessions)
Antonym:
privileged (blessed with privileges)
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