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underprivileged en · ADJ

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English privileged English underprivileged From under- + privileged.

Meanings

1. 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 spillage 1996, “After the Smoke is Clear”, in Ironman, performed by Ghostface Killah:

Forms

Deriveds

underprivilegedness

Relateds

disenfranchised

Translations (7)

fr défavorisé (deprived of opportunities and advantages) · fi vähäosainen (deprived of opportunities and advantages) · de benachteiligt (deprived of opportunities and advantages) · de unterprivilegiert (deprived of opportunities and advantages) · da underprivilegeret (deprived of opportunities and advantages) · nn underprivilegert (deprived of opportunities and advantages) · nb underprivilegert (deprived of opportunities and advantages)

underprivileged en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English privileged English underprivileged From under- + privileged.

Meanings

1. 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 far removed as Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity and the Salvation Army. 2004, Phyllis G. Jestice, Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 183:

Forms

Translations (9)

de Unterprivilegierter (deprived people) · nb de underprivilegerte (deprived people) · de Benachteiligter (deprived people) · fi vähäosainen (deprived people) · nn dei underprivilegerte (deprived people) · de Benachteiligte (deprived people) · es desfavorecido (deprived people) · de Unterprivilegierte (deprived people) · es desamparado (deprived people)