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underˈprivileged, a. (and n.)
[under-1 10 b.]
1. Less privileged than others; spec. experiencing a standard of living which falls short of an accepted norm, socially disadvantaged. Chiefly applied to persons.
1896J. Barnes Princetonian xxxiii. 380 It was very quiet in the little square that was filled with nurse-maids and children moving about inside the railings—several little underprivileged ones peering in at them from the outside. 1935Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men 18 These people, being usually under-privileged, are the shyest. 1939C. R. Cooper Designs in Scarlet ii. 27 Don't try to say that the problem is one of ‘underprivileged districts’, and not of such surroundings as yours. 1948‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair xiii. 140 He wrote a..letter about her..pointing out how under-privileged she had been. 1960M. Spark Bachelors viii. 109, I was definitely under⁓privileged by birth..though not delinquent. 1978K. Hudson Jargon of Professions iv. 96 Writers and speakers on education{ddd}refer..to..‘underprivileged children’.
2. absol. as n. with the.
1935A. P. Herbert What a Word! iii. 46 She had spent a long time persuading one of the ‘underprivileged’ to go to hospital to have an operation. 1945‘L. Lewis’ Birthday Murder (1951) iii. 36 Not infrequently he got drunk, coming home late from some revel with the under⁓privileged. 1977M. Drabble Ice Age i. 34 They did not read novels, or go to good films, or read the arts pages of newspapers, or listen to music or discuss the problems of the underprivileged. |