oppressed.

That is oppressed (in various senses). In later use chiefly: downtrodden; unjustly kept in a position of subjection and hardship; persecuted.

Of a people, state, its condition, etc.: politically enslaved or subjugated; subject to despotic or oppressive rule or to foreign dominion. Often…

Of a thing: subordinate, inferior (to another). Now chiefly in critical and cultural theory, esp. post-colonial theory: of or relating to those who…

= ground, adj., in various senses.

Oppressed, taken advantage of. Obsolete.