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underprivilege

underprivilege noun: a lack of opportunities or advantages enjoyed by others.

Noun

underprivilege (uncountable)

  1. A lack of opportunities or advantages enjoyed by others.
    • Not that our poorest white groups would claim to feel any such privilege. Indeed, the simple fact of their underprivilege and how bad they are doing is being ignored by the national conversation […]2021, 23 June, The Daily Telegraph (p. 19): David Goodhart, Has wokeism crushed the working class?

Origin of underprivilege

From under- + privilege.

Questions about underprivilege

What does underprivilege mean?
Underprivilege means a lack of opportunities or advantages enjoyed by others.
What part of speech is underprivilege?
Underprivilege is a noun.

Words near underprivilege in the dictionary

  1. underprioritised
  2. underprioritize
  3. underprioritized
  4. underprioritizes
  5. underprioritizing
  6. underprivilege
  7. underprivileged
  8. underprivilegedness
  9. underprize
  10. underprized
  11. underprizes

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