deprived

  • 11deprived — de|prived [ dı praıvd ] adjective * not having the things that are essential for a comfortable life: deprived children in the inner cities a deprived childhood people living in deprived areas …

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  • 12deprived */ — UK [dɪˈpraɪvd] / US adjective not having the things that are essential for a comfortable life deprived children in the inner cities a deprived childhood people living in deprived areas …

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  • 13deprived — adjective marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life… …

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  • 14deprived — adjective Date: circa 1552 marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or of healthful environmental influences < culturally deprived children > …

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  • 15deprived — /di pruyvd /, adj. marked by deprivation; lacking the necessities of life, as adequate food and shelter: a deprived childhood. [1545 55; DEPRIVE + ED2] * * * …

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  • 16deprived —    poor    Literally, having lost something, which is not so for most paupers:     Deprived Families on Increase (headline in Daily Telegraph, 4 October 1983, meaning that there were more poor families rather than the other constructions which&#8230; …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 17deprived — adjective not having the things that are considered to be necessary for a comfortable or happy life: a deprived childhood …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18deprived — adjective society s deprived classes Syn: disadvantaged, underprivileged, poverty stricken, impoverished, poor, destitute, needy, unable to make ends meet …

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  • 19deprived — [dɪˈpraɪvd] adj not having enough of the basic things that you need, for example food or money deprived children in the inner cities[/ex] …

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  • 20deprived of legal rights — index aggrieved (harmed) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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