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[ dih-prahyvd ] / dɪˈpraɪvd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR deprived ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivemarked by deprivation; lacking the necessities of life, as adequate food and shelter: a deprived childhood. Origin of deprivedFirst recorded in 1545–55; deprive + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM deprivedself-de·prived, adjectiveun·de·prived, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH depriveddepraved, deprived Words nearby depriveddepressor nerve, depressurize, Depretis, deprivation, deprive, deprived, deprofessionalize, de profundis, deprogram, deprogramme, depside Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for deprivedDeprived of amplification, he silently stripped down and collapsed onstage. America’s Poets: Battle Rap Gets Real|Rich Goldstein|July 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST These blood substitutes are aimed at getting more oxygen to deprived tissues. New 'Suspended Animation' Procedure Saves Lives by Replacing Blood with a Cold Electrolyte Solution|Elizabeth Lopatto|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Deprived of oxygen by the decompression, the flight test crew had to grab for oxygen masks. The Exemplary Plane at the Heart of the MH370 Mystery|Clive Irving|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST If anyone failed to turn up to work, they were deprived of food. An Oral History of Mao’s Greatest Crime|Zhou Xun|November 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Were all men such as he, Slavery would be deprived of more than half its bitterness. The ‘12 Years a Slave’ Book Shows Slavery As Even More Appalling Than In the Film|Jimmy So|October 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST Deprived of friction with other minds, he was slower than his social prototype in the reproduction of the epochs. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea|Morgan Robertson Every person in Europe supposes that a dog would run mad if deprived of drink. Perils and Captivity|Charlotte-Adlade [ne Picard] Dard It was certainly provoking to be deprived of her freedom just when she was likely to make it most profitable. Timothy Crump's Ward|Horatio Alger The gentleman speaks as if, in passing on those valuable qualities to his son by heredity, he had deprived himself. The Mystery of Murray Davenport|Robert Neilson Stephens A severe paralytic stroke has deprived me of my sole support. A Sportsman's Sketches|Ivan Turgenev
British Dictionary definitions for deprived
adjectivelacking adequate food, shelter, education, etcdeprived inner-city areas Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to depriveddisadvantaged, needy, underprivileged, destitute, dispossessed, wanting, broke, poor |