underprivileged
underprivileged adjective: deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others, usually through no fault of one's own.
Adjective
underprivileged (comparative more underprivileged, superlative most underprivileged)
- Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others, usually through no fault of one's own.
- Underprivileged, grew up in a Stapleton house village / Where blood flood the water in streets like oil spillage1996, “After the Smoke is Clear”, in Ironman, performed by Ghostface Killah
Noun
underprivileged (plural underprivileged)
- A deprived person; deprived people (normally used as a plural).
- Since that time, both Catholicism and the Protestant denominations have seen an enormous outpouring of caritative agencies. Nuns and monks made teaching and care for the underprivileged a central part of their vocation; devout men and women have founded and devoted their lives to institutions as...2004, Phyllis G. Jestice, Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 183
underprivileged meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
underprivileged in Urdu
- کم مستفیض
underprivileged in Bengali
- সুবিধাবঞ্চিত
underprivileged in Malayalam
- deprived, needy, disadvantaged
- അവകാശങ്ങൾ നിഷേധിക്കപ്പെട്ട, അധഃസ്ഥിതരായ, ദരിദ്രം, കാലക്ഷേപമാർഗ്ഗമില്ലാത്ത, നിവൃത്തിയില്ലാതായ, അവശ്യസാധനങ്ങളില്ലാത്ത
underprivileged in Kannada
- ಸವಲತ್ತುಗಳಿಲ್ಲದ, ಮನ್ನಣೆ ದೊರಕದ
Forms of underprivileged
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more underprivileged |
| superlative | most underprivileged |
| Noun | |
| plural | underprivileged |
Origin of underprivileged
From under- + privileged.
Words formed from underprivileged
Questions about underprivileged
- What does underprivileged mean?
- Underprivileged means deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others, usually through no fault of one's own.
- What is underprivileged in Urdu?
- Underprivileged in Urdu is کم مستفیض. See Underprivileged meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is underprivileged?
- Underprivileged can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near underprivileged in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: underprivileged (page history and authors); underprivileged (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underprivileged (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underprivileged (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); underprivileged (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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