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overprivileged

overprivileged adjective: being too privileged; specifically, having more advantages or opportunities than others, especially when being regarded as undeserving or unworthy of such advantages and opportunities.

Adjective

overprivileged (comparative more overprivileged, superlative most overprivileged)

  1. Being too privileged; specifically, having more advantages or opportunities than others, especially when being regarded as undeserving or unworthy of such advantages and opportunities.
    • If overprivileged private school kids see that there are people in the world less fortunate than they are, that is undoubtedly a good thing.2007 March 29, “Service Benefits Kids (1 Letter)”, in New York Times

Antonyms of overprivileged

Forms of overprivileged

comparativemore overprivileged
superlativemost overprivileged

Origin of overprivileged

From over- + privileged.

Words formed from overprivileged

Questions about overprivileged

What does overprivileged mean?
Overprivileged means being too privileged; specifically, having more advantages or opportunities than others, especially when being regarded as undeserving or unworthy of such advantages and opportunities.
What part of speech is overprivileged?
Overprivileged is an adjective.

Words near overprivileged in the dictionary

  1. overprints
  2. overprioritize
  3. overprioritized
  4. overprioritizes
  5. overprioritizing
  6. overprivileged
  7. overprivilegedness
  8. overprize
  9. overprized
  10. overprizes
  11. overprizing

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